CVN-70 and Suds-N-Duds Traditional Cache
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I was stationed on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 for four years. It was home ported here until Slick Willie closed this base.
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO SCPET AND GEALABHAN FOR CO FTF ON THIS ONE.
UPDATE ON APRIL 15TH, 2017.... I AM NOW LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES WORKING WITH STREET CHILDREN.
IN NEARBY NORTH KOREAN WATERS, THE USS CARL VINSON IS STANDING BY TO PROTECT SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN FROM THE THREAT OF MISSILES BEING FIRED FROM NORTH KOREA.
This cache is located on the path I took between my first Naval Command (The USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 and the building where sailors could relax, drink a cold brew and wash their clothes, all at the same time. The place was called "Suds and Duds". hence the name of this cache. AYE AYE MATEY!!!!!
Half a Mork from Ork greeting.
Bring a fine tip pen. Log only.
Ample Parking and Porto Poddies nearby. Hike, Bike, or drive.
Carl Vinson is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and is as high as a twenty-four-story building, at 244 feet (74 m). The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m²) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 ft² (360 m²) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay. With a combat load, Vinson displaces almost 97,000 tons and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers. Her four distilling units can make 400,000 U.S. gallons (1,500 m³) of potable water a day; her food service divisions serve 18,000 meals per day. There are over 2,500 compartments on board requiring 2,520 tons (2.1 MW) of air conditioning capacity (enough to cool over 2,000 homes). The warship uses two Mark II stockless anchors that weigh 30 tons each, with each link of the anchor chain weighing 360 pounds (160 kg). She is currently equipped with 3 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and 2 Sea Sparrow SAM launchers. The ship cost over $4.5 billion in 1982 to manufacture.[1]
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO SCPET AND GEALABHAN FOR CO FTF ON THIS ONE.
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