Post by Sailor on Jul 17, 2014 15:33:55 GMT -8
NEWPORT NEWS -- On the banks of the James River, in the bustle of the sprawling shipyard, two great warriors have come together, a lifetime apart.
At Pier 3, the Ford is being born.
At Pier 2, the Enterprise is dying.
The timing is coincidental -- just the ebb and flow of work at the yard. But even here, where warships have come and gone for over a century, the poetry of the moment isn't lost.
Seeing the nation's latest aircraft carrier side by side with the first nuclear-powered one puts lumps in the throats of hard-hats and sailors alike.
More here:
www.military.com/daily-news/2014/07/14/a-tale-of-two-ships-passing.html?ESRC=navy-a.nl
You can see Enterprise's island structure from I664 looming over the buildings on and around the shipyard, but it looks odd with the mast and all the radar antenna missing.
USS Enterprise just a year ago -
At Pier 3, the Ford is being born.
At Pier 2, the Enterprise is dying.
The timing is coincidental -- just the ebb and flow of work at the yard. But even here, where warships have come and gone for over a century, the poetry of the moment isn't lost.
Seeing the nation's latest aircraft carrier side by side with the first nuclear-powered one puts lumps in the throats of hard-hats and sailors alike.
More here:
www.military.com/daily-news/2014/07/14/a-tale-of-two-ships-passing.html?ESRC=navy-a.nl
You can see Enterprise's island structure from I664 looming over the buildings on and around the shipyard, but it looks odd with the mast and all the radar antenna missing.
USS Enterprise just a year ago -
