Subdeacon Joe Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25634/awe-inspiring-images-from-underneath-a-well-worn-uss-nimitz-the-navys-oldest-carrier?fbclid=IwAR39ZLz6J_nKTrkM4GLxYUCr13R9PrYgCQ1IVCwIWvGDhZwJEik19oNVeqY The fact that USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the Navy's oldest operational aircraft carrier really ages you. Following the early retirement of USS Enterprise(CVN-65), America's supercarrier fleet is all Nimitz class, but that will change once the atrociously expensive USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) actually enters operational service. In the meantime, Nimitz has been receiving some much needed TLC up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington as part of a nine month long planned incremental availability maintenance period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Eyed Sam Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Was stationed on her from 1978 to 1981 and she is even more impressive in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That hull looks really good for a 40 year-old ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: That hull looks really good for a 40 year-old ship. Yes it does. Found on the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTH-PACIFIC,SASS #59402 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 spent time under her inspecting her screws that is one large craft i was a diver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 14 hours ago, SOUTH-PACIFIC,SASS #59402 said: spent time under her inspecting her screws that is one large craft i was a diver Screws are 36 Ft. in diameter 60,000 lb. Naval bronze. I was stationed on the Nimitz from April76 to June 1980. I was part of the crew that made them screws spin. Chief Machinery Operator qualified in both main machinery rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 35 minutes ago, Dustin Checotah said: Screws are 36 Ft. in diameter 60,000 lb. Naval bronze. What is the diameter of the shaft? And the bore on the screws? And that keyway in the screws...about 5 inches wide and 3/4 inch deep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 23 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: What is the diameter of the shaft? And the bore on the screws? And that keyway in the screws...about 5 inches wide and 3/4 inch deep? Subdeacon Joe The dia. of the shaft is about 36 inches. I never measured them as to the bore That I don't know. The screw size is what we were told in Fam & I. Fam & I is familiarization and indoctrination. I believe all enlisted personnel on the ship get that. I can tell you that the shafts are hollow steel with sand in them. That is also from Fam & I. I was qualified on all the watch stations in the engine rooms. But I mostly stood the CMO (Chief Machinery Operator) watch. That is the engineroom supervisor watch where I had 1-Shaft alley patrol, 1-Messenger, 2-Engineroom upper level, 2-Engineroom lower level, 1-Turbine generator, 1-Distilling unit watch. With me it was 9 people to run the engineroom for normal operations. All this on an E-4 pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, Dustin Checotah said: Subdeacon Joe The dia. of the shaft is about 36 inches. I never measured them as to the bore That I don't know. The screw size is what we were told in Fam & I. Fam & I is familiarization and indoctrination. I believe all enlisted personnel on the ship get that. I can tell you that the shafts are hollow steel with sand in them. That is also from Fam & I. I was qualified on all the watch stations in the engine rooms. But I mostly stood the CMO (Chief Machinery Operator) watch. That is the engineroom supervisor watch where I had 1-Shaft alley patrol, 1-Messenger, 2-Engineroom upper level, 2-Engineroom lower level, 1-Turbine generator, 1-Distilling unit watch. With me it was 9 people to run the engineroom for normal operations. All this on an E-4 pay. Thanks, Dustin. Seeing that guy crawling in the screw to clean out the keyway got me wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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