USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Completes Milestone Move

[@KC-nd7nt]

Thank you virginians and all americans who helped protect our nation . Love from Baltimore.

[@tommyfloyd3842]

I was at Senator Stennis’ retirement party in 1985(?) when President Reagan announced the next carrier would be the USS John C. Stennis. It’s unbelievable the feeling I got when the US Marine band played Hail to the Chief and the President comes on stage. It was a night to remember!!! Senator Stennis was a special man and was head of the Armed Services Committee for many years. He always represented the people and stood for a strong defense for America🇺🇸

[@Spedatr0n]

It was amazing to see it come out of the dry dock and into OB1! I love working here!

[@KC-nd7nt]

Thank you from Baltimore. Thank you

[@davidvianu2353]

This is one of the things I love about my job at Newport News shipbuilding. Getting to see stuff like this

[@KC-nd7nt]

Thank you from Baltimore . Thank you

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

Thank you for what you do. My family lived in Williamsburg when the first JFK was commissioned. It was a BIG event.

[@cavdrkz24]

I did 2 tours on her in 04 and 06. Glad to see she's still kickin!

[@sparkiegaz3613]

Now that’s a true carrier, great ship yard also…❤

[@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547]

This was my first ship. It brings back fond memories whenever I see her.

[@reubenmorris487]

My first cruise was on the Stennis as well...Oct 2001 to May 2002...West-Pac with VF-211 and Airwing 9.

[@TheXheavymetaldadx]

I was on board 04-07, phone shop

[@aytviewer2421]

I can relate. Mine was the TR. I still remember when they floated her. Was there at Newport News Shipyard for commissioning in 1986.

[@sir-gwayne1644]

I was on 98-03

[@userbosco]

Proud to be a Hampton Roads resident for 50 years and seeing the outstanding deliveries to our Navy over the decades! Thank you! Helping keep our employment high and workforce skilled!

[@sbrunner69]

You should be. Your community is a pillar of our country. Love you guys for doing what you do every day

[@TheBelrick]

Must hard witnessing the collapse of the USN

[@tonymanero5544]

Our taxpayers fund this. Then there are billionaires like Trump who don’t pay taxes who view taxpayers as suckers.

[@sbrunner69]

@@tonymanero5544 That’s just conspiratorial and bit strange. Get a grip.

[@sbrunner69]

@@tonymanero5544 Everything you enjoy depends on this basic hardware, you know thet right?

[@scrappydude1]

Very cool to see the sped up video like that.

[@liamklavon3011]

2 weeks summed up into 2 minutes 🤙🏼

[@johnheffner3950]

Memories of being stationed on Forrestal CVA 59 Norfolk naval shipyard Portsmouth VA 1966 drydock being fitted out to head for WESTPAC I can still hear the chipping hammers!

[@kennethscott4190]

The possible firepower projection of a US Carrier 2:32 is something most people do not have any comprehension of. That's not to mention the other vessels which accompany it. Seeing it eased out of drydock by tugs, covered in scaffolding, that awesome is still in the air.

[@reubenmorris487]

They should be thankful they don't know the firepower an aircraft carrier can project.

[@richardhamilton1567]

I ran thousands of feet of cat 5 aand fiber optic on this ship back in 99' back h9me in San Diego. Went from the Stennis to the Lincoln to the Carl Vinson and plenty other ships before and after. IT 21 Install. Got to go on the way too. Navy brat Army guy. Fly Army.

[@Hobbes4ever]

I was still in grade school when this ship was launched hope it will still be around when I retire 👍

[@chrismaggio7879]

Awesome Shipmates!! New upholstery and a big fresh tank of gas. Soon you will be out there again, making us proud. Im a Plankowner on the Lincoln, and the shipyard was home for a while.

[@Wild_Wolve]

proud new ship. love the view when the boat pull her out of the dock i don't want to talk her down, just to clarify! not in ANY way. just want to say, me - personally - waiting for her younger sister CVN 80 Lets make sure history never forgets the name .... ENTERPRISE!!!! Greetings from austria / europe

[@stormyweather9054]

Moran tugs - worked Miami and Port Everglades ( Ft. Lauderdale ) for them in 90's /00's . Real fun with cruise ship terminal's ...

[@IOSALive]

HII, Your videos always make me happy, so I subscribed!

[@quakerninja]

1:31 What is the red and white checker pattern on the front used for?

[@Culdcepter]

Wonder if it was for some kind of laser-guide for when she first got to drydock, to keep her aligned with the blocks as the water was drained out?

[@dieselyeti]

This drydocking brought to you by the Ralston Purina Company..

[@jstephenallington8431]

It is a guide for aligning the ship to the blocks below in the dry dock.

[@brianmcdonald5009]

When is the next video for the construction of the USS Enterprise CVN-80.

[@DrewBarkerOk]

along with the refit and upgrade of our current ships, its good to see the museum ships all entering drydock repairs - their missions may be over but by bringing them back on maintenance we can ensure they're available should we need them again one day. Our navy has a lot to rebuild.

[@blarg987665]

The fact that ten of these were built still bewilders me to this day...and it's not even our most advanced Super Carrier.

[@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364]

I am a plankowner of CVN-71 when I was first assigned there were about 50 of us living in a building in Norfolk. Spent a bit of time in Newport News before and after her commissioning. We brought it online and got all the kinks out, including the hull straightening via three hydrogen bombs lit off the rear end of it. Many memories.

[@DonaldWells-wk8dc]

Yeah... I was at Serco ran ALOT of cable was probably (est) bout 19 ships over 4 years...CVN76 also

[@brianb8060]

I got to go aboard her when She was still new, in 1996 or 1997. She stopped at Port Everglades; in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

[@ibelieveyou2066]

UK here, that thing is huge, look at those tiny figures, on deck, all that space, for planes.

[@muskaos]

Glad to see the old girl afloat again. I was aboard Oct 2010 - Mar 2014, I retired from that ship.

[@marial8235]

Awesome! 👍

[@331SVTCobra]

Outstanding!

[@politicsuncensored5617]

I got to meet retired Sen. Stennis who the aircraft carrier is named after when visiting my father a few decades past in Meridian, MS. It was most interesting in talking with Sen. Stennis over coffee and breakfast that morning. The carrier carries a name to be very proud of. May her crew always come home safely. Shalom

[@mytakeonamerica]

how many times did he say the N word?

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@@mytakeonamerica How many times has Obama greeted another black with the N word? Ireally don't give a F myself. Shalom.

[@mytakeonamerica]

@@politicsuncensored5617 what does President Obama have to do with the racist senator?

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@@mytakeonamerica You brought up the 'n" word trying to be a azz. Obama fits the definition of your word. Shalom

[@lance3613]

And don't forget... www.nasa.gov/stennis/

[@regis-vq3mv9eu2r]

Rock on. Newport News!

[@GmoneyX112]

Great video Thank you!

[@SSO1025RET]

I was on the Carl Vinson back in the 80’s. I remember when we were in dry dock at Hunters Point in ‘87. What a spectacular time and experience.

[@johnarnold893]

The stennis wasn't even laid down until '91 so I call BS.

[@SSO1025RET]

@@johnarnold893 are you talking about what I said about my ship and dry dock?

[@sbrunner69]

I love my country.

[@harrymetalhead3776]

Its a beautiful ship !

[@DonaldWells-wk8dc]

I remember being on that ship an a contactor in Bremerton WA. Those sailors kept all those brass com boxes so polished you could have shaved your face with one of them😊

[@chriscrook4481]

I’m curious as to why the area adjacent to the dry dock was blurred out at the end of the video when looking down from the drone?

[@AlongtheRiverLife]

Beautiful! Magestic!

[@superde2734]

Plank owner here, looks like the same spot she was tied up when I showed up in June of 1995 . Less rust this time… and hopefully better crew spirits …. AT 3 Diaz - arriving

[@Erik-rp1hi]

What a monster, What an asset. Please protect her and others like her.

[@JJE2010MO]

This is Super!

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Great jobs!!

[@ph11p3540]

We have 100,000 ton patient who needs her two hearts operated on. She has to be prepared for surgery over 6 months, surgical time is one year and 6 months recovers from the invasive procedure. Yes, we have to cut open the patient to do this with heavy surgical equipment, no Slim Jim catheter surgery. Reactor refueling is like that.

[@jasonshadle1837]

First ship for me. Good and bad memories but would go back if I had chance

[@dallashensley5488]

I was there on JCS in 1996. Went under her in dry dock, rode her around the world in 1998. Beautiful ship. Shellback. Order of Magellan. It’s just a shame they cancelled our Mediterranean ports because of Sodamn Insane.

[@dieselyeti]

Curious when the prop covers come off.

[@xyzero1682]

If I see something blurred out, it makes me want to find out what it could be. CWIS platform protecting the dock?

[@buzz5969]

A titty shot…

[@steveross6312]

Probably something to do with the nuclear reactors. If you look at google maps, there is what looks like a double-fenced high-security area next to the blurred building. Perhaps they stage reactors/reactor components there.

[@oubrioko]

SCIF trailers

[@jstephenallington8431]

They show the boat being taken out of two different drydocks, DD-12 and I'm not sure about the other one, (it was the South Yard anyway)

[@deeeeeeps]

Just bought this stock, its my belief the US has to improve their fleet and it should do very well. I wonder what they are bluring out at the end :D

[@briancooper2112]

I agree!

[@andromedafan]

Maybe they are blurring out superlifts for either CVN-80 or CVN-81.

[@jstephenallington8431]

Something that they didn't want you to see! 😂

[@crazedvole]

The beep beep beep it makes as it backs up can be heard 3 miles away. 😁😁😁

[@rybaxs]

what was that blurred thingy?

[@Noone-jn3jp]

The most epic “watching paint dry” music

[@regis-vq3mv9eu2r]

It's a montage... even Rocky had a montage.

[@robertschultz6922]

I have to ask, how much say do the commanding officer of the ship have in the say of what work gets done during a dry dock period? They would know if say the power plant needed more attention and more funding than say the weapons upgrades. Do they have a budget or does the navy say exactly what should be spent on what systems? I understand that during a overhaul certain systems need to be upgraded class wide but every ship is different

[@coloradomountainman8659]

Wow. For my next morning adventure, I'm going to watch some paint dry.

[@MM22966]

I guess one of the nice about carriers when they do this is they can just pile everything that is coming with them on the deck like a damn sailing warehouse.

[@timf2279]

She will be welcomed back to the fleet. Bremerton will be happy to have her back.

[@darktoadone5068]

Are the Navy crew living on the ship while in dry dock?

[@talksickmusik]

Served On The Stennis from 2000-2003

[@reubenmorris487]

We probably passed by each other...I was part of VF-211.

[@talksickmusik]

I was in the Air Dept V1

[@smith5312]

What do the do with the reactors during maintenance periods like this in dry dock ? Are they shut down or very reduced running ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@edwardrhoades6957]

They were in for refueling, and the reactors can't operate when the ship is out of the water, since they use seawater for cooling.

[@smith5312]

@@edwardrhoades6957 cheers 👏👍

[@jstephenallington8431]

They are de-fueled at Norfolk Naval Yard before the refit, taken back there for refuel.

[@andromedafan]

When do ships like the Stennis start to move under their own power after the RCOH??

[@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547]

There will be various tests of the new reactors and then they will boil some water and test the turbines, if all is good then they go to sea trials. I believe this will be 4 to 6 months from now when the rest of the work has been completed.

[@jstephenallington8431]

Not until after they leave Norfolk Naval Shipyard and they're towed out to sea a little ways. Everything is too close quarters for a ship that size to move about on it's on before that.

[@triroo107]

Oh boy am I old, we did the first Air Wing shake down to the Caribbean, right in the middle of flight ops Just Clean they called away sweepers, the guys in the Hangar just kept working on the down aircraft, the ships company guys, tried to get them to clean up… we all laughed… but it was a nice new ship… Just Clean Something… was born…. 👍💪🙏US Navy pride

[@byronharano2391]

United States Ship CVN-71 John Stennis. We are proud of your call to duty and battle stations. Yahweh bless the United States of America 🇺🇸.

[@dundonrl]

As a former CO of mine said, "Sailor's belong on ships and ships belong at sea"! Well, she's getting closer to going back to sea!

[@Whitpusmc]

Wow they took that dry dock door a ways away didn’t they!

[@Bruisedmelon]

are we ignoring the blurry blob?

[@iatsd]

And every sub commander in the world is looking on with keen interest at the return of their target.

[@paulstewartcrane]

You many months till she goes to sea ?

[@tarn1135]

I just want more cvn-80 updates.

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

I wonder if the kids on Regulus 5 get this same kind of thrill when they see one of their giant motherships leave the birthing docks?

[@pbdye1607]

Begs the question of what exactly is blurred out at the bottom there - my guess is something pertaining to the refueling process, because on Google Maps it has a very thick wall around it with limited ingress and egress routes.

I remember when HMCS VANCOUVER was in her battle group

[@navyseal1689]

Gerald ford class?

[@hellhound47bravo3]

No. Nimitz class

[@falvegas511]

GREATEST FEATURE NEW-DEVELOPED US NAVY SHIPS IS, ONCE THEIR BY INFANT TECHNOLOGY TEST --- THEY ACTUALLY WORK!!!

[@Kenneth-jj8po]

Took.the Independence CVA 62 into dry dock for SLEP 1971. Spiffed the old girl up, new boilers,cats and arresting gear engines, radars, screws. Went in with Vietnam era and Korean war birds and gear and came out with sea sparrows, ditched the bridle and got all launch bar ability which meant F14s😂, non distillate fuel, heck for us ships company got to see the old girl from top to bottom and stripped nekkid tho and rummaged thru her innards and beau coup house keeping and rennovation of spaces. Fair winds and following seas

[@ChargePads]

Deployed with her in 2000.

[@brentcowell5776]

i served on it with my squadran!!!

[@snuffle2269]

I do hope this $12 billion dollar floating target is build with the conventional catapults and arresting gear and not the all new and improved versions like on the Ford that only work when the latest software upgrade is rebooted into the system.

[@TheDeuty]

That's it? You moved slightly up and to the right. That's your move? (Its a quote from Family Guy don't get angry)

[@markschneider8815]

Slow down the time-lapse, way too fast to track what was going on. More enjoyable to watch after muting the overdramatic soundtrack.

[@nealrcn]

SPLASH DAY

[@cjjonez]

once the most powerful ship on earth.........

[@유희석-j6u]

Dry dock No.74

[@MichaelPenney-b1k]

Adelaide Australia

[@hswing11]

She has been in for overhaul lasting 5 year and counting what the hell is wrong with our navy that would allow this to take so long? Give it to the private sector it would take 1/2 that time.😢😢😢😢😢

[@petert3355]

Beep.....Beep....Beep.... We so needed the reversing sounds while she was pulling out of the dry dock instead of the music.....

[@MichaelPenney-b1k]

Victor Harbour Air Port Is Not True

[@edwardwilliams6514]

Ensign, 1/3 impulse power.... take us out.

[@HeadPack]

Magnificient ship, like all our carriers. May she never have to launch her planes in anger.

[@dallashensley5488]

She already has launched her birds in anger. I was there in 1998 (maiden voyage) when we spent 130 days in the Persian Gulf on our way around the world.

[@brianfoley3925]

...and she'll be out to sea by 2035.

[@MichaelPenney-b1k]

I Got 747 Problems

[@Dbodell8000]

Years for refit really? I smell a governmental gravy contract.

[@stevencramsie9172]

It was a mid-life refuel and refit. It takes a few years to refuel a nuclear carrier, so they do extensive refits and upgrades while that process takes place. The good news is, she won't need another refuel as she will likely be decommissioned within the 25 years she could go before needing that again.

[@ThorOdinson-s8m]

I’m surprised the cancel culture crew hasn’t demanded this avowed racists name be removed from the ship. That just tells me they only demand what they’re told to demand. Cause John Stennis is definitely worthy of being cancelled.

[@user-et9ww8do4f]

I love you american my future usa country dream❤️😊🇺🇸