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A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL
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What an engineering marvel and beautiful ship.





Capability
    • Top speed exceeds 30 knots
    • Powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling
    • Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years
    • Carries over 80 combat aircraft
    • Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet


Size
    • Towers 20 stories above the waterline
    • 1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall
    • Flight deck covers 4.5 acres
    • 4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across and weighing 66,200 pounds
    • 2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons
    • 4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet


Dates
    • Dec 8, 1994 Contract awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding
    • Feb 12, 1998 Keel laid
    • Oct 1, 2000 Precommissioning Unit established
    • March 4, 2001 Christened by Mrs. Nancy Reagan
    • May 5, 2003 First underway
    • July 12, 2003 Commissioned
    • July 23, 2004 Arrived at homeport in San Diego, CA


Capacity
    • Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel
    • Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days
    • 18,150 meals served daily
    • Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2000 homes
    • Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring
    • 1,400 telephones, 14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets
    • Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation
    • Costs the Navy approximately $2.5 million per day for underway operations (Sailor's salaries included

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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [Brian286] [ In reply to ]
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Great photo, especially with everyone at the rail
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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [5280] [ In reply to ]
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Great photo, especially with everyone at the rail
So who's driving?

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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [klehner] [ In reply to ]
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ok, ALMOST everyone ;)
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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [klehner] [ In reply to ]
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Who's doing the driving?

The little guy in the tugboat!

Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.
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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [HalfSpeed] [ In reply to ]
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Hard to believe that little tugboat has any meaningful effect. They are amazing.
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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [Brian286] [ In reply to ]
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I don't think you non-Navy guys understand how much it sucks manning the rails. BTW, the stern of the ship is manned by reactor department, the bow by deck, the port is usually supply and the starboard by those worthless Airdales. And thats not a tug its a channel guide.
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Re: A Floating City - USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL [Brian286] [ In reply to ]
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The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln was finally

inching up to the pier at Pearl Harbor when the Captain

of the ship noticed a sailor on the flight deck gesturing

wildly with semaphore flags. He then noticed an attractive

young woman standing on top of a station wagon, also

waving semaphore flags.

Always concerned about security and never having seen

something like this, the Captain barked at his Bridge

Signalman, "What message are those two people sending?"

The Signalman concentrated intently and soon reported,

"Sir, he is sending FOXTROT-FOXTROT and she is sending

ECHO-FOXTROT." Not having any clue as to what these

messages could mean, the Captain dispatched an armed

Marine to escort the sailor back to the Bridge.

The sailor arrived, out of breath from running up the many

ladders to the bridge, and saluted smartly.

"Seaman Endicott reporting as ordered, sir!"

"Seaman", shouted the Captain, "Who is that woman on the

pier and why are you exchanging signals FF and EF?"



"Sir, that's my wife, Sir, and she wants to eat first!"


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