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The photos in this article show a large amount of automobiles on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise in 1982. Apparently, the USS Enterprise was used to ferry the cars from Seattle, WA to Alemeda, CA, but no one could find out why. Does anyone have any insight?
Seattle, Washington, 1982 | Hemmings Daily
Posted from blog.hemmings.com
Cars
American History
Military History
Posted 9 y ago
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Happens all the time, in this case the ship was shifting homeports and that meant all the personnel and their families were moving also. Saves buko bucks doing it this way!!!
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SSgt Mark Lines
I can see that the cost savings would be immense. It is not something someone hears about outside of the Navy. Thanks for the reply!
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Big E came out of an extensive 36 month overhaul in Puget Sound to Alemeda CA. Guessing this was an elaborate DITY move.
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We did this on my ship, too, the USS Wichita. In 1991, from Oakland to Bremerton. You had to put in a request chit, and people that were PCS'n had priority (even over rank). I didn't need the 'service', I was getting out. I'd be surprised if they still do this today.
Do they, PO1 Andrew Gardiner SCPO Joshua I ?
Do they, PO1 Andrew Gardiner SCPO Joshua I ?
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SN Greg Wright
SSgt Mark Lines - Fun fact, my ship had the Enterprise alongside to port, and the Long Beach (a nuclear cruiser) alongside to starboard, when the Long Beach lost rudder control during an UNREP, and began drifting towards us, ultimately coming within about 5 feet before we accomplished the emergency breakaway. It's the closest I came to buying the farm during my time -- a collision would have involved 10 nuclear reactors (8 on the Big E, 2 on the LB), about 20k tons of ammo on the Wichita, and maybe 30k barrels of JP5 jet fuel.
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