Ever wonder what the sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) do in their spare time?
They play BINGO with their shipmates!
Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, and flag staff officers play bingo in the flag mess aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
On this date in 1982, the U.S. Navy commissioned USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Happy Anniversary USS Carl Vinson!
Calling all carrier enthusiasts! You must check out this video — produced for the 30th birthday of the USS Carl Vinson, this past Monday, this video chronicles the past 30 years for the carrier.
The crew aboard the USS Carl Vinson saw it for the first time on Monday and it’s now running on the ships TV a few times a day, as well as in the Vinson Room, the ship’s museum. And now you can watch it too:
As the Navy said, “In case you forgot what power projection looks like - see image!”
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) transit in formation with Indian navy ships during Exercise Malabar 2012.
Aloha USS Vinson!
On Tuesday, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived for a scheduled stop at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii while in transition to her homeport in San Diego following a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle areas.
(Source: navy.mil)
Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall aboard an aircraft carrier? Now you can! Check out this awesome Fly-On-Wall Productions video to see what life is like aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
♫ On the fourth day of carriers,
the Navy gave to me:
Four steam turbines on Vinson
Three 20mm Phalanx rotary gun systems on Eisenhower
Two nuclear reactors on Nimitz
And an island house on the Enterprise!
March 15, 2013 marks the 33rd anniversary of the launch of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at Newport News Shipbuilding. The vessel’s namesake, former Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson, became the first living American to have a Navy ship named in his honor. Like and reblog this post to honor Cong. Vinson, the ship and her crew!
Learn more about the USS Carl Vinson: www.cvn70.navy.mil/
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