I was in the U.S. Navy from 1980-1994. My first ship was the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) from 1980-1984. The net that was mentioned by your son is called the barricade. It is set up on the flight deck and used when an aircraft is damaged and can’t land safely. The barricade catches the aircraft. The flight deck is a very dangerous area to work. They always told us to keep your head on a swivel due to the aircraft moving around. I didn’t work on the flight deck. I watched radar screens for threats to the battle group. My ship was about 1100 feet in length and weighed fully loaded around 96,000 tons. She was fast too. Around 30+ knots. Thank you for viewing this video.
I was on the Ike from 92-94. I always enjoyed watching flight ops. It was like organized chaos, but so fun to watch. When I was on, probably in late 92, we were heading into the shipyard, so all the air wing, and ordinance was removed from the ship. The Captain wanted to see what she could do, so we had her up to 37 knots. Not bad for a floating city.
I've had to do one barricade trap myself after losing the tailhook. I've served on a few different carriers the last being CVN-76 as a part of CVW-5. Loved my time spent over in Japan.
Y'all are honorary Americans, and honorary Texans!!! It does make you proud to see people willing to protect others at all cost. I love your family! There is a video on how the military feeds everyone on an aircraft carrier and one about life on an aircraft carrier Garrin might enjoy those. Thanks for another great reaction! Much ❤ from Texas!
As a Californian, I DEMAND you grant them the right to choose to which state they can become honorary citizens! I say they should choose to pay 4 times the rent and twice the taxes to be honorary Californians! How dare you! lol, I lived in Texas and y'all are the friendliest people I've ever met. I don't care for your state's politics though, a little too far right for me but, oh well. 😀😎
The "Osprey" can take off and land like a helicopter but flies like a plane. The propellers rotate from the helicopter position to forward plane position. You can find the video explaining it and it's quite good.
There is a RUclips video(18:02m) that shows what it's like on an aircraft carrier, named "The Crazy Life Inside World’s Largest $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier in Middle of the Ocean". I think you would enjoy watching or reacting to it. Really enjoy your videos. ❤
What a great reaction from the family. Kat is wonderful and Gavin has mastered the introduction. I look forward to all the videos from this family. Simply amazing.
The USS Intrepid is docked in the Hudson River in NYC and houses the Sea, Air & Space Museum. There's also a submarine parked next to it you can also tour. It's off of W 46th St.
I used to conduct tours on The Intrepid during my weekends at the Philadelphia Navy Yard when I was in the reserves after my four years active duty was up. Strange duty for me since I was a Seabee and before the tours knew nothing about ships.
US Navy veteran here. I was a radioman/SAR swimmer (SAR = search and rescue). I flew off some of these very ships. I served 88 - 92 and yes, I served in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm, known as The Gulf War. An Aircraft Carrier is always escorted by other ships. Back in my day it was cruisers, destroyers, frigates. Before my time Battleships were also in the escorts group. I did manage to see this once, during the Gulf War, I saw 2 aircraft carriers escorted by 2 Battleships along with cruisers, destroyers, frigates. The Battleships went on a mission to shell the beaches of Kuwait, obviously the Carriers stayed further south. I got a great pic from my helicopter of the entire task force as it steamed through the Persian Gulf. As technology has improved the Battleships and Cruisers are no longer needed. Frigates are being phased out as well. Destroyers now carry more than enough firepower to escort the carriers. Each ship can perform anti-submarine, anti-air and anti-ship duties. 7 to 10 ships used to escorted a carrier,now, 5 can more than do the job. The biggest thing is Aefus Phased Array Radar, known as SPY or SPY 1 radar. This system allows all of the weapons systems from every ship in the task force to be controlled by 1 ship, and it can track over 3000 targets, probably more now.
If you’re amazed at the wings folding, you should react to the osprey. It was that heli plane you guys pointed out. The new carriers are even more advanced too. I love the military reactions.
30 years ago I served in the old uss enterprise cvn65, there is a new enterprise under construction. One thing nobody mentioned is that the men and women who make up the bulk of the crew has an average age of 19 or 20 years old.
Right now Ford is on active duty and replaced Enterprise, the second Ford, John F. Kennedy is preparing to be commissioned for into the fleet, Enterprise was 64% complete last week, and the Doris Miller just had the keel laid. Last I heard.
Some interesting stuff about some of the questions you guys posed or commented on in the video. This is a long comment, so feel free to skip: The planes are stored and worked on in a hangar underneath the flight deck. They are brought up and down on giant elevators. Some of the larger ones, such as the Hawkeye's, fold their wings so they can pack them closer together in the hangar. All the people on the flight deck are very professional, and highly trained. Only certain people are allowed on the flight deck during operations,. They all wear different colored shirts to designate what their jobs are, so everybody knows where everybody is supposed to be and they know who to talk to and look at for certain needs and procedures. Your son mentioned a net to catch aircraft - this is a real thing. It is only used for damaged or malfunctioning planes that they don't believe would be able to successfully land or go around for multiple attempts. For instance, if a plane had to glide in because of no fuel, or perhaps they lost a wing during an engagement, they might only get that single chance to land and they likely would not be able to catch the arresting wires. In this case, the only way for them to land would likely end up with the aircraft falling off the end of the runway and falling into the sea. In this case, they might deploy a giant net at the end of the runway to try to catch the plane. Most of the time, there is no net and the pilots when landing try to snag a series of arresting wires strung across the deck with a hook on the rear of the plane. They immediately give the plane max power when landing, just in case they missed the wire. This way they can fly off the end and come around to try again. If they do catch the wire, the wire is strong enough to stop the plane, even with its engines at max. The Nimitz carriers will all be replaced with new Ford class carriers as they are decommissioned, so there will always be 11 carriers, even though we are getting rid of Nimitz carriers. The new Ford carriers have newer everything, including more modern advanced nuclear reactors that generate about twice the power as those on the Nimitz class carriers. They use this electricity to replace some things on the old carriers, such as the old steam catapults being replaced with electromagnetic catapults, and using electric heat instead of plumbed steam for heat. They will have more automated systems, and a more efficient layout and design influenced by the past 50 years of experience with the Nimitz. All the people live inside the ship, and most don't get many opportunities to see sunlight during their cruises. The control tower has some windows, which are used so certain people can observe the flight deck from up high to coordinate movement of assets on the flight deck, as well as being able to see while steering the ship. The carriers are never alone. All those other ships are around it at all times primarily to protect it. They are usually much further apart than you see in those beauty shots of them all close together. As they spread out, the defensive shield from airborne, surface, and subsurface threats each ship enables gets wider and wider, giving more opportunities for defensive actions against incoming threats. Those other ships are pretty large themselves, and can carry hundreds of crew each, such as the Arleigh Burke class destroyers with a crew compliment of around 280 sailors. If you're interested in submarines, I highly recommend a channel called "Smarter Every Day" (you might like his other videos as well). He did a series where he was granted access to an active US nuclear submarine for a couple of days - got to stay overnight on it and everything while it was submerged on an exercise. He has videos on all sorts of mundane things that you wouldn't think are interesting and most people overlook such as how to they make clean air and water and how to they feed all those people and stuff for so long. US Submarines can stay submerged for as long as they have food, and this can be around a month straight or more without having to surface for replenishment.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this detail explanation. I learned a lot today thanks to the video plus your input. Thanks again. Aircraft carriers are certainly one amazing marvel of engineering.
To answer the question Yes there is a barrier (NET) used when an airplane has some type of equipment failure, such as a broken or useless tail hook, or it simply has only enough fuel for one more landing attempt and the pilot has not been able to land successfully.
My oldest brother actually served on both the Lincoln and the Regan and ive been out to sea (just enough to not see land) on the Regan. Absolutely massive and terrifyingly beautiful ships.
I was on the Lincoln at one point when the Tomcatters were a part of the fighter air wing, and the Regan was my last carrier I served on while with the 102nd
There are videos that tell how the crews are housed, fed and activities happening on the ship. Some of the carriers have basketball courts. The submarine crews are some of the best fed people. 50 years ago, I was stationed on subtenders and they ate better than us. This was to make for being out and under the sea for long periods of time.
Jono was trying for the longest to get Kat to join him and the kids on the show and now, I believe, she has been on the family channel more than Jono! When I was about 8 on a family vacation to Pensacola, I saw the USS Lexington, a pre-supercarrier, passing off the beach and I was awestruck. I couldn't comprehend how it could even stay afloat as it looked as if someone had just laid a 90-story office building on its side in the water.
Greetings from Kentucky..I joined the navy in 07, and served on the flight deck on the George Washington CVN 73 (g dub).. thank you for showing your son this.. seeing things like this as a young boy inspired my love for the navy and happy to see a dad showing his son something educational fun and inspiring….
Lots of the ships do get turned into floating museums for tourists. If the city can afford the upkeep. A place that builds Navy ships and obviously can afford the upkeep is Duluth Wisconsin they have some ships you can walk around on and a whole historical museum attached to it. I believe Florida and a few other key areas have the same thing just different ships to showcase. Some they also sink and you can scuba dive to them.
There are videos that show life inside the carriers, submarines and other ships (galley cooking food, recreational activities, flight deck operations, daily routines, sleeping areas, etc).
Aloha! I'm Luvin KAT's reaction! 😁 I hope you (all) get to see an aircraft carrier in person someday! I'm a 5 foot-nothing female, and the first time I saw a carrier, the Stennis, in person (and not in a movie or on TV), I was standing at the dock in Pearl Harbor just below it... I felt like an ant. I was visiting Oahu from another island and I just wanted to see one up close, but I was lucky to be offered a spur-of-the-moment guided tour on board, and it took a couple of hours to go to the many many decks and areas throughout. You can't fathom its actual size until you are standing in its shadow. As a thank you to the sailor/captain/carrier for the special tour, I gifted them a book about my island to add to their Library for the sailors to enjoy. KAT, I also giggled when you said, "those little boats" in the beginning 😄 GARIN, you should see the CHAIN that holds the anchor!!! 😲 🤙
If you get to Texas this year, the USS Lexington is a museum ship in Corpus Cristi, TX. Corpus Cristi is about a 3.5 hour drive by car to the south and west of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico. The Lexington is a WWII carrier, but is worth seeing. It's "small" compared to modern carriers, but still a sight to behold.
Jono, don't let the ship formations fool you, they do not operate like that. I served on two different carriers in combat zones and typically the only support ship that was visible to the naked eye was a destroyer that followed within one half to one mile and it was the "plane guard" ship. If a plane goes in the water during launching or recovering, the plane guard was there to ensure rescue if the helicopters were for some reason not available. All of the other support ships are usually over the horizon in distance so it's not a tight formation. The distance to the horizon at sea depends on the observers elevation, from the flight deck it is about 20 miles, from the hangar deck about half that. The tight formations are only for the video cameras, not for at sea operations. With modern comms, radars, sat comms, etc, all of the ships in the carrier strike group know exactly where the others are except for the submarines but the subs know where everyone is. Also, a more spread out formation provides a much larger air defense capability.
Just a note about all the pics you saw of the ships in formation. A lot of times when the group is going to/coming from a deployment they will have the ships get in formation and fly a plane overhead and take a punch of pictures. Even at that, it is a very exciting sight to see.
To answer your question, there are no windows on aircraft carriers or screen doors on submarines! Actually, there are a few port holes on most surface ships but most naval ships are there to execute a mission, not for crew comfort. My father was a Naval officer back in WWII on a heavy cruiser and they told them early on that the ship was built to be a stable gun platform, not for their comfort. If you tour a warship you'll see they weren't joking. There are several retired aircraft carriers that have been turned into museums, along with a number (maybe 5 or 6) of WWII era battleships. Touring them will give you an appreciation of the sort of dedication it takes to serve on their crew. Today's ships are fortunately much better than during WWII, but nobody will ever confuse them for luxury.
from what I have read and seen on youtube the flight deck is the number 1 rated most dangerous area in the whole world ! back in the early 90's me and a buddy of mine was at Mardi Gras in NO and got to stand on the pier while tug boats brought this massive city to dock on the dock we was standing on , the sailors was lined up around the edge , when that monster docked you felt the whole dam pier move under your feet and we watched them tie it off with ropes bigger than your arm , it was amazing , the crew docked for shore leave for Mardi Gras and the French Quarter , its something I will never forget !!!
Please come and live here we need more people that love our Country as much as you guys do. Somedays its hard hearing all the negativity people have towards America and Americans, so i thank you for showing the love and i send it back too you guys!
Nice to see your interest in what I did my whole life. I started out stationed on the USS Midway (Yokosuka, Japan), Transferred to the USS Kitty Hawk after the Iran Contra trouble and help get the Kitty Hawk back in shape, then transferred to an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) squadron (P-3) then to the F-14 Squadron (VF-32). My son currently works on planes in the Navy working with the Top Gun School training pilots (at least he doesn't have to go overseas).
Y'all should watch the video of the Oriskany. They decommissioned it, gutted it, cleaned it and towed it off the Florida coast in the Gulf and sunk it for an artificial reef.
The smaller ships are usually destroyers, they have to stay with the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier has defensive capabilities (like anti submarine blackhawk helicopters, early warning aircraft, and fighter/attack planes, but the destroyers have defensive and offensive capabilities, with them having surface to surface missiles, cannons, and the ciws anti ship missile defense system. The carrier can comfortably hold marine expeditionary forces and also hold its crew, which is why the marines are usually quoted as being “the first to fight” as they can get anywhere in the world in 24-48 hrs
If you want to visit an Aircraft Carrier Museum. I would recommend the USS Midway in San Diego, California. She is not as big as a Nimitz, but it is impressive. And San Diego is the home of some of the Nimitz carriers. And you might get to see one of them there.
Always love to see a fighter from the Jolly rogers (VF-84 back when they were a Tomcat squadron now VFA-103 flying the 18F) come up in a video. Was not a squadron I was actually a pilot with myself, but it is one that helped make me want to fly for the USN while growing up. My first squadron was another famous well known group of fighter aircraft in VFA-31 (VFA stands for an USN F/A-18 E/F squadron) I also served with the Diamondbacks (VFA-102) which gets its name from the Diamondback rattlesnake.
RUclips has Carrier Landing video at night in heavy seas. This video gives you a whole new level of insight into carrier operations and bravery involved in being a Naval pilot.
Very cool! My dad was a Naval officer stationed aboard the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69). It's a Nimitz class carrier too. As a kid, I was able to go out on a "Tiger Cruise" aboard the ship. We left Norfolk, Virginia and sailed out into the Atlantic. It was soooo much fun!
I was Air Force '79-'91. Your assessment about what "they let you see" is spot on. IF the public knows about it then it is already obsolete, technology wise. :)
The Osprey is built in Amarillo,Texas. Not far from where I live. They used to fly over our house. There's a video about how aircraft carriers serve 17,000 meals a day. Really interesting.
I served aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65). We had almost 6,000 aboard with the crew and air wing. On one friends and family day cruise, there were about 10,000 people on board with the guests.
My uncle & 2 cousins were in the Navy. My cousin is still in the Navy & spent a year on a carrier on 3 different times. My dad, grandpa, brother, & currently My nephew all served/serve in the Army
The little ships aren't actually that little, and yes they are always with it. It is known as a carrier strike group and there are 2 nuclear subs somewhere in there as well.
There is a Nimitz museum near San Antonio Tx. My wife and I went once and just by chance they were filming live footage for a video game. It was so cool. That was by chance though. There are places in California, Texas and other places that Have decommissioned subs and ships you can tour and in some cases spend the night on. Pretty cool. Then the Air shows. Just like rodeos, they are all year round. You just have to find when and where is best. One thing you may consider while visiting is going to a Memorial Day or a Veteran Day service. Those are full of people who can give you hours of stories and show you collections of .....guns, tanks, jeeps from all the way to the Revolutionary War and maybe before.
The big net is called a barricade, and it is only used if for some reason a oanding aircraft cannot use the arresting hook. As it damages the airplane and fouls the deck for several minutes.
He is talking about the Baricade, If an aircraft has significant battle damage or a serious problem that could add extra dangers or time to a recovery operation, that aircraft will be the last to land in that cycle and before it lands the baricae can be rigged up, it is basically a huge net that can catch a badly damaged or malfunctioning plane instead of ejecting and losing the plane, the Navy would rather take it in the baricade and take some damage to it instead of losing it into the ocean. the Baricade is the last ditch effort to save the aircraft and crew.
E2C Hawkeye and C2 Grehounds were the planes that I worked on when I was in the Navy. I was the first plane captain in the Navy on the C2 that is now being retired. Still my planes. And I can hear those planes even after being out for a very long time.
Loving the family channel, wishing y'all the best from Virginia, USA, live just a few minutes from where those aircraft carriers and the new ones are built, they are built on a river, James river, and the James river bridge goes right past it, it's always cool riding across and seeing them there, and just a few minutes from they rearm the subs, you know when one is coming in the York river when they have the small gunboats out and if you are out there fishing and get too close, they will definitely let you know lol
Dude, I remember going on the Nimitz carrier and Missouri battleship back around 1986 when I was about 12 years old i think. It was when they were stationed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton Washington near Seattle...... that was AWESOME!!! I have never forgot it👍
As a Navy veteran. The Aircraft Carrier always travel with several other ships and Submarines. The ships deploy from the home base and goes out for 6 months or more. The LHA ships looks like an Aircraft Carrier, but it isn’t. They have jet planes to attack.
To comment on something Kat said about the planes moving and all the people up there. It is chaos when you first experience but trust me ! You learn very quickly ! Everyone is working in a cohesive and synchronized fashion. You do you job and watch the back of your brothers ! I started my career on board the Abraham Lincoln and before my 25 years of working active duty ( 4 yrs.) and 21 years as a navy contractor I ended up sailing on a lot of other ships. Very thankful to have served and sort of wish I could go back and do again, all the things I got to see and participate in. Course there was some terrible things I wish I could forget. Anyway great video and I appreciate you guys !
The pride that you're feeling is what we all feel. If the fleet isn't coming to take you out then it's coming to stand in front of you and will protect you. It's not just Americans we protect. We do try to help everyone.
Tens of millions of Americans have protested the role on the US in the ongoing jen oh side in Gaza. You speak only for yourself, not the entire country.
Kat, the design for the Osprey, with the rotating helicopter-like engines, has been around since the '60s at least. I can remember when I was a kid, reading about the design in Popular Mechanics magazine. Also Garin, the Phalanx CIWS ("C-WIZ") guns recently brought down some airborne threats in the middle east. Drones, I believe it was.
Yes they always have support ships. It's called a carrier strike group. They are there to protect the carrier. What you dont see is the one or two subs that are in the strike group. This is why they say American carriers are almost impossible to sink.
Yes, it is a Carrier Strick group. The Amphibious Landing Ships like Wasp class can go by it self and is run by Marines and Navy but the can be in Carrier Strike Group
On the Tico we had 3,000 ships company and 13 squadrons, 12 fighter and one helicopter squadrons. There were nearly 8,000 on board. Meals were handled in two shifts each meal. As a medic, we had head of the line privileges, there were 6 of us in dental and another 8 in Medical. We didn't have time to wait in a long line and take care of patients. While on Yankee Station in the Tonkin gulf we had both our catapults go down. We did full deck launches for 3 days before returning to Subic Bay for repairs.
Many of the planes are stored on the deck below the launch/land deck .. that is why the wings fold , for easier storage .. They are brought up top side by very large elevators .
I’m really familiar with the Nimitz, it’s home ported at Naval Base Kitsap, across Sinclair Inlet from where I live so many of my neighbors are crew members. And yes, the carriers are accompanied by their “carrier group”. That usually consists of an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft. A carrier strike group also includes at least one submarines, plus attached logistics ships and a supply ship. When you see a carrier air group under way, you may not necessarily see the sail of the submarines (that’s the tall part that sticks up from the deck. Usually the submarines are running submerged. You should see when it’s arriving or departing, they have to go through Rich Passage which is quite narrow and requires a sharp right and then a sharp left turn to enter and exit. To answer your son’s question about planes landing, they have a hook that grabs one of four arresting cables that stops the plane. As soon as the plane hits the deck, the pilot will push the engines to full power, instead of slowing down, to bring the plane to a stop. This may seem counterintuitive, but if the tailhook doesn't catch any of the arresting wires, the plane needs to be moving fast enough to take off again and come around for another pass. The landing runway is tilted at a 14-degree angle to the rest of the ship, so bolters like this can take off from the side of the ship instead of plowing into the planes on the other end of the deck. The planes are generally stored on the hangar deck and are brought up to the flight deck on huge elevator platforms.
Most of the aircraft aren't on the flight deck normally. Most are kept in the hanger bay a deck below the flight deck. It's a big open bay, about the size of the flight deck, where they work on the aircraft, paint them, etc. Huge elevators move them from one deck to another.
Carriers rarely visit foreign ports - that's where they're most in danger. They get fuel for the planes and food etc from supply ships at sea, and mail and people and small supplies via frequent flights of the C2 Greyhounds or the Tilt-rotor Osprey. BTW, the titl-rotor Osprey is currently grounded while they work out some kinks. Too many accidents. They didn't show it, but all the planes have parking spots in the hangar deck below and out of the weather. When they're operating, all those planes aren't on deck.
If you make it here to California on your trip, if you want to see some of these Nimitz class carriers, visit San Diego harbor and you'll see multiple, if you want to visit and older carrier, you can get on the USS Midway in San Diego as well, it's a great museum to explore amd feel the size of these things! Good luck on your trip!
The group of ships is called a task force During the 70s I was in the Navy and had the chance to see the Nimitz on the other side of a refueler from my ship. Its flight deck was so high up above our ship
What your son was talking about is called a barricade. Used for emergency landing when the arresting hook wont deploy or there is problem with the plane and it has to land on the next attempt. It is very rarly used. As for walking on the flight deck during operations. It is intimidating and dangerous but every one looks out for each. I enjoyed it alot durring my service. If you would like to see a barricade landing try and find an old movie called the finale countdown. You might enjoy it. Its one of my favorites.
The fastest merchant ship ever built topped out at a speed of 38 knots and was capable of producing 240,000 shaft horsepower. That was a 53,000-ton oceanliner. A Nimitz class aircraft carrier can reach "similar" speeds, and produce equal to or greater than the same amount of horsepower while coming in at TWICE THE SIZE.
When I was in the Navy I was on two different carriers, The Tico CVA14 and the Midway CVA41. When the Mudway came in the Golden Gate at low tide we had to remo e the mast to pass under the bridge.
If ever you guys visit the US of A. In Corpus Christi, Texas, The USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier is retired there. You can tour the ship and it is amazing.It isn't as large as the USS Nimitz or some of the other ships but it is huge nonetheless. It truly feels like a small city on water. It is a cool experience.
I'm a retired Navy Chief and there are definitely no windows for the crew. The Captains bridge, Admirals Bridge and the Primary Flight control (Air Boss) do for operations. Trust me they are faster than 30 knots.
Whenever you guys make it to the states, you can sometimes in New York or other major port cities decommission aircraft carriers that you can take tours of. Really cool experience if you guys can fit it in
To Answer your wifes last question, Yes, they do have to move the planes when they want others to take off, that is done using aircraft lifts, I dont know if youve seen or if the video stayed on for long enough, but at one end, or more commonly at the sides of the carriers, therere are large sectioned off squares integrated seamlessly into the aircraft carriers deck those are the lifts, the aircrew park their plane onto that square, an the lift descends downwards into the so called belly of the aircraft carrier, the belly is where they store the various planes wen not in use and where they perform basic and sometimes not so basic maintenance on the planes.
The smaller ships are called support ships or the carrier group. The newest carrier is the USS Gerald R Ford which is even bigger than the ones in this video. The newer carriers are named after past USA presidents.
If you find yourself on the Texas Gulf Coast, we have the USS Lexington Museum ship. Old WWII carrier. Sadly we won't be seeing a Nimitz-class museum ship. The deactivation of the nuclear reactors is far too complex and expensive. Pretty much any video from this channel is great fun to watch reactions to.
An aircraft carrier battle group (also known as a carrier strike group) is a formidable naval formation in the United States Navy. It typically includes the following components12: >Aircraft Carrier: The centerpiece of the group, usually a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN). It serves as the primary offensive platform, capable of launching and recovering a variety of aircraft. >Carrier Air Wing: Comprising 65 to 70 aircraft, the air wing operates from the carrier. It includes fighter jets, reconnaissance planes, electronic warfare aircraft, and helicopters. >Cruisers: These warships provide air defense, anti-submarine capabilities, and surface warfare support. They are equipped with advanced radar systems and missile launchers. >Destroyers: At least two destroyers or frigates are part of the group. They perform anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine roles. Their versatility makes them essential for fleet protection. >Submarines: Although not always present, submarines (usually nuclear-powered attack submarines) enhance the group’s stealth and anti-submarine capabilities. >Logistics Ships: Attached logistics ships provide fuel, supplies, and maintenance support to the entire group.
You should watch the PBS show "Carrier". I don't remember which aircraftarrier it shows but it goes throughout the entire day-to-day life of living on an aircraft carrier it's a little old but it's very well done.
Decommissioned ships are replaced by newer better classes of ships. You don’t want windows on a battleship or carrier. You can always go outside in the deck.
There are decommissioned ships in a lot of different states so I’m sure something will be done with the carriers decommissioned. I got to go on a couple of ships and a submarine in Buffalo, NY and got to go on the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The USS Missouri is where the treaty was signed to end WW2 so it’s unbelievable to stand on that same deck!
The Nimitz class carriers are now getting old and are being replaced with the new Ford Class which use electromagnetic launchers rather than the steam catapults that have been in use since WWII
What the young man was referring to was the last ditch net . They are not your average net instead of rope they are made of steel cables. That is to stop the plane also the won't burn up incase of a fire . Hope that was useful.
Great reaction from the three of you!! You might want to watch the video on how they prepare 17000 meals a day on an aircraft carrier. It’s interesting
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I was in the U.S. Navy from 1980-1994. My first ship was the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) from 1980-1984. The net that was mentioned by your son is called the barricade. It is set up on the flight deck and used when an aircraft is damaged and can’t land safely. The barricade catches the aircraft. The flight deck is a very dangerous area to work. They always told us to keep your head on a swivel due to the aircraft moving around. I didn’t work on the flight deck. I watched radar screens for threats to the battle group. My ship was about 1100 feet in length and weighed fully loaded around 96,000 tons. She was fast too. Around 30+ knots. Thank you for viewing this video.
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I was on the Ike from 92-94. I always enjoyed watching flight ops. It was like organized chaos, but so fun to watch.
When I was on, probably in late 92, we were heading into the shipyard, so all the air wing, and ordinance was removed from the ship. The Captain wanted to see what she could do, so we had her up to 37 knots. Not bad for a floating city.
I've had to do one barricade trap myself after losing the tailhook. I've served on a few different carriers the last being CVN-76 as a part of CVW-5. Loved my time spent over in Japan.
Now show them a video on the Ford Class carriers...
Agreed they are Massive
@@taylorsimmons4280 massive and extremely disappointing lol the entire time that i was on the Truman the ford didn't go on a single underway lmfao
Y'all are honorary Americans, and honorary Texans!!! It does make you proud to see people willing to protect others at all cost. I love your family! There is a video on how the military feeds everyone on an aircraft carrier and one about life on an aircraft carrier Garrin might enjoy those. Thanks for another great reaction! Much ❤ from Texas!
As a Californian, I DEMAND you grant them the right to choose to which state they can become honorary citizens! I say they should choose to pay 4 times the rent and twice the taxes to be honorary Californians! How dare you!
lol, I lived in Texas and y'all are the friendliest people I've ever met. I don't care for your state's politics though, a little too far right for me but, oh well. 😀😎
So , what if they dont want to be american? Or texan? Or say y'all? Perhaps they like their own country just fine.
@@michlo3393 But the BBQ…😋
Seriously, let them choose. You don’t have the authority to grant anything…
When you come to Texas, if you go to Fredericksburg, you can see the Pacific Theater war museum. Admiral Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg
One of the best museums. Over the years I have watched it transform and it is glorious every time I go.
Both Fantastic museums. And they do a beach ( Normandy Style ) Reenactment there.
But he called Florida home
The "Osprey" can take off and land like a helicopter but flies like a plane. The propellers rotate from the helicopter position to forward plane position. You can find the video explaining it and it's quite good.
There is a RUclips video(18:02m) that shows what it's like on an aircraft carrier, named "The Crazy Life Inside World’s Largest $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier in Middle of the Ocean". I think you would enjoy watching or reacting to it. Really enjoy your videos. ❤
What a great reaction from the family. Kat is wonderful and Gavin has mastered the introduction. I look forward to all the videos from this family. Simply amazing.
The USS Intrepid is docked in the Hudson River in NYC and houses the Sea, Air & Space Museum. There's also a submarine parked next to it you can also tour. It's off of W 46th St.
I used to conduct tours on The Intrepid during my weekends at the Philadelphia Navy Yard when I was in the reserves after my four years active duty was up. Strange duty for me since I was a Seabee and before the tours knew nothing about ships.
we would love to have people like you as American citizens
US Navy veteran here. I was a radioman/SAR swimmer (SAR = search and rescue). I flew off some of these very ships. I served 88 - 92 and yes, I served in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm, known as The Gulf War.
An Aircraft Carrier is always escorted by other ships. Back in my day it was cruisers, destroyers, frigates. Before my time Battleships were also in the escorts group. I did manage to see this once, during the Gulf War, I saw 2 aircraft carriers escorted by 2 Battleships along with cruisers, destroyers, frigates. The Battleships went on a mission to shell the beaches of Kuwait, obviously the Carriers stayed further south. I got a great pic from my helicopter of the entire task force as it steamed through the Persian Gulf.
As technology has improved the Battleships and Cruisers are no longer needed. Frigates are being phased out as well. Destroyers now carry more than enough firepower to escort the carriers. Each ship can perform anti-submarine, anti-air and anti-ship duties. 7 to 10 ships used to escorted a carrier,now, 5 can more than do the job.
The biggest thing is Aefus Phased Array Radar, known as SPY or SPY 1 radar. This system allows all of the weapons systems from every ship in the task force to be controlled by 1 ship, and it can track over 3000 targets, probably more now.
Aegis radar, oops, typo
If you’re amazed at the wings folding, you should react to the osprey. It was that heli plane you guys pointed out.
The new carriers are even more advanced too. I love the military reactions.
The fun thing is folding wings are an old solution, pre-dating world war one and even aircraft carriers.
The USS Midways is retired and in port in San Deiago Ca. tours are almost everyday.
30 years ago I served in the old uss enterprise cvn65, there is a new enterprise under construction. One thing nobody mentioned is that the men and women who make up the bulk of the crew has an average age of 19 or 20 years old.
Right now Ford is on active duty and replaced Enterprise, the second Ford, John F. Kennedy is preparing to be commissioned for into the fleet, Enterprise was 64% complete last week, and the Doris Miller just had the keel laid. Last I heard.
Some interesting stuff about some of the questions you guys posed or commented on in the video. This is a long comment, so feel free to skip:
The planes are stored and worked on in a hangar underneath the flight deck. They are brought up and down on giant elevators. Some of the larger ones, such as the Hawkeye's, fold their wings so they can pack them closer together in the hangar.
All the people on the flight deck are very professional, and highly trained. Only certain people are allowed on the flight deck during operations,. They all wear different colored shirts to designate what their jobs are, so everybody knows where everybody is supposed to be and they know who to talk to and look at for certain needs and procedures.
Your son mentioned a net to catch aircraft - this is a real thing. It is only used for damaged or malfunctioning planes that they don't believe would be able to successfully land or go around for multiple attempts. For instance, if a plane had to glide in because of no fuel, or perhaps they lost a wing during an engagement, they might only get that single chance to land and they likely would not be able to catch the arresting wires. In this case, the only way for them to land would likely end up with the aircraft falling off the end of the runway and falling into the sea. In this case, they might deploy a giant net at the end of the runway to try to catch the plane. Most of the time, there is no net and the pilots when landing try to snag a series of arresting wires strung across the deck with a hook on the rear of the plane. They immediately give the plane max power when landing, just in case they missed the wire. This way they can fly off the end and come around to try again. If they do catch the wire, the wire is strong enough to stop the plane, even with its engines at max.
The Nimitz carriers will all be replaced with new Ford class carriers as they are decommissioned, so there will always be 11 carriers, even though we are getting rid of Nimitz carriers. The new Ford carriers have newer everything, including more modern advanced nuclear reactors that generate about twice the power as those on the Nimitz class carriers. They use this electricity to replace some things on the old carriers, such as the old steam catapults being replaced with electromagnetic catapults, and using electric heat instead of plumbed steam for heat. They will have more automated systems, and a more efficient layout and design influenced by the past 50 years of experience with the Nimitz.
All the people live inside the ship, and most don't get many opportunities to see sunlight during their cruises. The control tower has some windows, which are used so certain people can observe the flight deck from up high to coordinate movement of assets on the flight deck, as well as being able to see while steering the ship.
The carriers are never alone. All those other ships are around it at all times primarily to protect it. They are usually much further apart than you see in those beauty shots of them all close together. As they spread out, the defensive shield from airborne, surface, and subsurface threats each ship enables gets wider and wider, giving more opportunities for defensive actions against incoming threats. Those other ships are pretty large themselves, and can carry hundreds of crew each, such as the Arleigh Burke class destroyers with a crew compliment of around 280 sailors.
If you're interested in submarines, I highly recommend a channel called "Smarter Every Day" (you might like his other videos as well). He did a series where he was granted access to an active US nuclear submarine for a couple of days - got to stay overnight on it and everything while it was submerged on an exercise. He has videos on all sorts of mundane things that you wouldn't think are interesting and most people overlook such as how to they make clean air and water and how to they feed all those people and stuff for so long. US Submarines can stay submerged for as long as they have food, and this can be around a month straight or more without having to surface for replenishment.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this detail explanation. I learned a lot today thanks to the video plus your input. Thanks again. Aircraft carriers are certainly one amazing marvel of engineering.
Last year the USS Gerald R. Ford visited Oslo, Norway. There are some UT videos that give you some 'up close' scenes as it moves up the Oslo Fjord.
To answer the question Yes there is a barrier (NET) used when an airplane has some type of equipment failure, such as a broken or useless tail hook, or it simply has only enough fuel for one more landing attempt and the pilot has not been able to land successfully.
My oldest brother actually served on both the Lincoln and the Regan and ive been out to sea (just enough to not see land) on the Regan. Absolutely massive and terrifyingly beautiful ships.
I was on the Lincoln at one point when the Tomcatters were a part of the fighter air wing, and the Regan was my last carrier I served on while with the 102nd
Y’all going to blow up, just keep posting. Love the family reactions
There are videos that tell how the crews are housed, fed and activities happening on the ship. Some of the carriers have basketball courts. The submarine crews are some of the best fed people. 50 years ago, I was stationed on subtenders and they ate better than us. This was to make for being out and under the sea for long periods of time.
Jono was trying for the longest to get Kat to join him and the kids on the show and now, I believe, she has been on the family channel more than Jono!
When I was about 8 on a family vacation to Pensacola, I saw the USS Lexington, a pre-supercarrier, passing off the beach and I was awestruck. I couldn't comprehend how it could even stay afloat as it looked as if someone had just laid a 90-story office building on its side in the water.
Agreed. And here in Pensacola we were all sad when it left. 😊
Greetings from Kentucky..I joined the navy in 07, and served on the flight deck on the George Washington CVN 73 (g dub).. thank you for showing your son this.. seeing things like this as a young boy inspired my love for the navy and happy to see a dad showing his son something educational fun and inspiring….
Lots of the ships do get turned into floating museums for tourists. If the city can afford the upkeep. A place that builds Navy ships and obviously can afford the upkeep is Duluth Wisconsin they have some ships you can walk around on and a whole historical museum attached to it. I believe Florida and a few other key areas have the same thing just different ships to showcase. Some they also sink and you can scuba dive to them.
There are videos that show life inside the carriers, submarines and other ships (galley cooking food, recreational activities, flight deck operations, daily routines, sleeping areas, etc).
Aloha! I'm Luvin KAT's reaction! 😁 I hope you (all) get to see an aircraft carrier in person someday! I'm a 5 foot-nothing female, and the first time I saw a carrier, the Stennis, in person (and not in a movie or on TV), I was standing at the dock in Pearl Harbor just below it... I felt like an ant. I was visiting Oahu from another island and I just wanted to see one up close, but I was lucky to be offered a spur-of-the-moment guided tour on board, and it took a couple of hours to go to the many many decks and areas throughout. You can't fathom its actual size until you are standing in its shadow. As a thank you to the sailor/captain/carrier for the special tour, I gifted them a book about my island to add to their Library for the sailors to enjoy. KAT, I also giggled when you said, "those little boats" in the beginning 😄 GARIN, you should see the CHAIN that holds the anchor!!! 😲 🤙
If you get to Texas this year, the USS Lexington is a museum ship in Corpus Cristi, TX. Corpus Cristi is about a 3.5 hour drive by car to the south and west of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico. The Lexington is a WWII carrier, but is worth seeing. It's "small" compared to modern carriers, but still a sight to behold.
Jono, don't let the ship formations fool you, they do not operate like that. I served on two different carriers in combat zones and typically the only support ship that was visible to the naked eye was a destroyer that followed within one half to one mile and it was the "plane guard" ship. If a plane goes in the water during launching or recovering, the plane guard was there to ensure rescue if the helicopters were for some reason not available. All of the other support ships are usually over the horizon in distance so it's not a tight formation. The distance to the horizon at sea depends on the observers elevation, from the flight deck it is about 20 miles, from the hangar deck about half that. The tight formations are only for the video cameras, not for at sea operations. With modern comms, radars, sat comms, etc, all of the ships in the carrier strike group know exactly where the others are except for the submarines but the subs know where everyone is. Also, a more spread out formation provides a much larger air defense capability.
Just a note about all the pics you saw of the ships in formation. A lot of times when the group is going to/coming from a deployment they will have the ships get in formation and fly a plane overhead and take a punch of pictures. Even at that, it is a very exciting sight to see.
The Osprey had a lot of problems initially and they still have issues.
A lot of people died during the testing phase.
To answer your question, there are no windows on aircraft carriers or screen doors on submarines! Actually, there are a few port holes on most surface ships but most naval ships are there to execute a mission, not for crew comfort. My father was a Naval officer back in WWII on a heavy cruiser and they told them early on that the ship was built to be a stable gun platform, not for their comfort. If you tour a warship you'll see they weren't joking. There are several retired aircraft carriers that have been turned into museums, along with a number (maybe 5 or 6) of WWII era battleships. Touring them will give you an appreciation of the sort of dedication it takes to serve on their crew. Today's ships are fortunately much better than during WWII, but nobody will ever confuse them for luxury.
from what I have read and seen on youtube the flight deck is the number 1 rated most dangerous area in the whole world ! back in the early 90's me and a buddy of mine was at
Mardi Gras in NO and got to stand on the pier while tug boats brought this massive city to dock on the dock we was standing on , the sailors was lined up around the edge , when that monster docked you felt the whole dam pier move under your feet and we watched them tie it off with ropes bigger than your arm , it was amazing , the crew docked for shore leave for Mardi Gras and the French Quarter , its something I will never forget !!!
Please come and live here we need more people that love our Country as much as you guys do. Somedays its hard hearing all the negativity people have towards America and Americans, so i thank you for showing the love and i send it back too you guys!
Nice to see your interest in what I did my whole life. I started out stationed on the USS Midway (Yokosuka, Japan), Transferred to the USS Kitty Hawk after the Iran Contra trouble and help get the Kitty Hawk back in shape, then transferred to an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) squadron (P-3) then to the F-14 Squadron (VF-32). My son currently works on planes in the Navy working with the Top Gun School training pilots (at least he doesn't have to go overseas).
Y'all should watch the video of the Oriskany. They decommissioned it, gutted it, cleaned it and towed it off the Florida coast in the Gulf and sunk it for an artificial reef.
The smaller ships are usually destroyers, they have to stay with the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier has defensive capabilities (like anti submarine blackhawk helicopters, early warning aircraft, and fighter/attack planes, but the destroyers have defensive and offensive capabilities, with them having surface to surface missiles, cannons, and the ciws anti ship missile defense system. The carrier can comfortably hold marine expeditionary forces and also hold its crew, which is why the marines are usually quoted as being “the first to fight” as they can get anywhere in the world in 24-48 hrs
If you want to visit an Aircraft Carrier Museum. I would recommend the USS Midway in San Diego, California. She is not as big as a Nimitz, but it is impressive. And San Diego is the home of some of the Nimitz carriers. And you might get to see one of them there.
Always love to see a fighter from the Jolly rogers (VF-84 back when they were a Tomcat squadron now VFA-103 flying the 18F) come up in a video. Was not a squadron I was actually a pilot with myself, but it is one that helped make me want to fly for the USN while growing up. My first squadron was another famous well known group of fighter aircraft in VFA-31 (VFA stands for an USN F/A-18 E/F squadron) I also served with the Diamondbacks (VFA-102) which gets its name from the Diamondback rattlesnake.
RUclips has Carrier Landing video at night in heavy seas. This video gives you a whole new level of insight into carrier operations and bravery involved in being a Naval pilot.
Very cool! My dad was a Naval officer stationed aboard the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69). It's a Nimitz class carrier too. As a kid, I was able to go out on a "Tiger Cruise" aboard the ship. We left Norfolk, Virginia and sailed out into the Atlantic. It was soooo much fun!
I was Air Force '79-'91. Your assessment about what "they let you see" is spot on. IF the public knows about it then it is already obsolete, technology wise. :)
The Osprey is built in Amarillo,Texas. Not far from where I live. They used to fly over our house.
There's a video about how aircraft carriers serve 17,000 meals a day. Really interesting.
I served aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65). We had almost 6,000 aboard with the crew and air wing. On one friends and family day cruise, there were about 10,000 people on board with the guests.
15:07 Mark! To see the USS Nimitz in action, see the movie, not the music video, "The Final Countdown"! 🎉
That's one carrier group coming towards you.....they are 10 more just like them!! 😮
My uncle & 2 cousins were in the Navy. My cousin is still in the Navy & spent a year on a carrier on 3 different times. My dad, grandpa, brother, & currently My nephew all served/serve in the Army
The little ships aren't actually that little, and yes they are always with it. It is known as a carrier strike group and there are 2 nuclear subs somewhere in there as well.
Sir you reacted to a great American singing The Angry American before. We lost our precious Toby today! America is sad!
heard you talk about submarines, a good quick video is tour of the USS Indiana.
Inside a Nuclear SUBMARINE! | USS Indiana Tour
When you guys come to the states, you should consider Norfolk, Virginia. You can take a tour of the USS Wisconsin, a battleship that is now a museum.
You should check the videos of life aboard a carrier. This will show you that these carriers are truly cities at sea.
There is a Nimitz museum near San Antonio Tx. My wife and I went once and just by chance they were filming live footage for a video game. It was so cool. That was by chance though. There are places in California, Texas and other places that Have decommissioned subs and ships you can tour and in some cases spend the night on. Pretty cool. Then the Air shows. Just like rodeos, they are all year round. You just have to find when and where is best. One thing you may consider while visiting is going to a Memorial Day or a Veteran Day service. Those are full of people who can give you hours of stories and show you collections of .....guns, tanks, jeeps from all the way to the Revolutionary War and maybe before.
The big net is called a barricade, and it is only used if for some reason a oanding aircraft cannot use the arresting hook. As it damages the airplane and fouls the deck for several minutes.
You should watch a video about the Blue Angels jets.
He is talking about the Baricade, If an aircraft has significant battle damage or a serious problem that could add extra dangers or time to a recovery operation, that aircraft will be the last to land in that cycle and before it lands the baricae can be rigged up, it is basically a huge net that can catch a badly damaged or malfunctioning plane instead of ejecting and losing the plane, the Navy would rather take it in the baricade and take some damage to it instead of losing it into the ocean. the Baricade is the last ditch effort to save the aircraft and crew.
Yes they do have catch nets for emergencies.
They know in advance if a plane is going to have a problem landing.
E2C Hawkeye and C2 Grehounds were the planes that I worked on when I was in the Navy. I was the first plane captain in the Navy on the C2 that is now being retired. Still my planes. And I can hear those planes even after being out for a very long time.
Loving the family channel, wishing y'all the best from Virginia, USA, live just a few minutes from where those aircraft carriers and the new ones are built, they are built on a river, James river, and the James river bridge goes right past it, it's always cool riding across and seeing them there, and just a few minutes from they rearm the subs, you know when one is coming in the York river when they have the small gunboats out and if you are out there fishing and get too close, they will definitely let you know lol
Dude, I remember going on the Nimitz carrier and Missouri battleship back around 1986 when I was about 12 years old i think. It was when they were stationed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton Washington near Seattle...... that was AWESOME!!! I have never forgot it👍
Whoa whoa settle down
I served on the Nimitz from 1984 to 1988. Great ship
As a Navy veteran. The Aircraft Carrier always travel with several other ships and Submarines. The ships deploy from the home base and goes out for 6 months or more. The LHA ships looks like an Aircraft Carrier, but it isn’t. They have jet planes to attack.
To comment on something Kat said about the planes moving and all the people up there. It is chaos when you first experience but trust me ! You learn very quickly ! Everyone is working in a cohesive and synchronized fashion. You do you job and watch the back of your brothers !
I started my career on board the Abraham Lincoln and before my 25 years of working active duty ( 4 yrs.) and 21 years as a navy contractor I ended up sailing on a lot of other ships. Very thankful to have served and sort of wish I could go back and do again, all the things I got to see and participate in. Course there was some terrible things I wish I could forget.
Anyway great video and I appreciate you guys !
The pride that you're feeling is what we all feel. If the fleet isn't coming to take you out then it's coming to stand in front of you and will protect you. It's not just Americans we protect. We do try to help everyone.
Tens of millions of Americans have protested the role on the US in the ongoing jen oh side in Gaza. You speak only for yourself, not the entire country.
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Kat, the design for the Osprey, with the rotating helicopter-like engines, has been around since the '60s at least. I can remember when I was a kid, reading about the design in Popular Mechanics magazine. Also Garin, the Phalanx CIWS ("C-WIZ") guns recently brought down some airborne threats in the middle east. Drones, I believe it was.
Yes they always have support ships.
It's called a carrier strike group. They are there to protect the carrier.
What you dont see is the one or two subs that are in the strike group.
This is why they say American carriers are almost impossible to sink.
Yes, it is a Carrier Strick group. The Amphibious Landing Ships like Wasp class can go by it self and is run by Marines and Navy but the can be in Carrier Strike Group
On the Tico we had 3,000 ships company and 13 squadrons, 12 fighter and one helicopter squadrons. There were nearly 8,000 on board. Meals were handled in two shifts each meal. As a medic, we had head of the line privileges, there were 6 of us in dental and another 8 in Medical. We didn't have time to wait in a long line and take care of patients. While on Yankee Station in the Tonkin gulf we had both our catapults go down. We did full deck launches for 3 days before returning to Subic Bay for repairs.
You didn't know that the wings fold on carrier planes, really?
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Many of the planes are stored on the deck below the launch/land deck .. that is why the wings fold , for easier storage .. They are brought up top side by very large elevators .
I’m really familiar with the Nimitz, it’s home ported at Naval Base Kitsap, across Sinclair Inlet from where I live so many of my neighbors are crew members. And yes, the carriers are accompanied by their “carrier group”. That usually consists of an aircraft carrier, at least one cruiser, a destroyer squadron of at least two destroyers or frigates, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft. A carrier strike group also includes at least one submarines, plus attached logistics ships and a supply ship. When you see a carrier air group under way, you may not necessarily see the sail of the submarines (that’s the tall part that sticks up from the deck. Usually the submarines are running submerged. You should see when it’s arriving or departing, they have to go through Rich Passage which is quite narrow and requires a sharp right and then a sharp left turn to enter and exit. To answer your son’s question about planes landing, they have a hook that grabs one of four arresting cables that stops the plane. As soon as the plane hits the deck, the pilot will push the engines to full power, instead of slowing down, to bring the plane to a stop. This may seem counterintuitive, but if the tailhook doesn't catch any of the arresting wires, the plane needs to be moving fast enough to take off again and come around for another pass. The landing runway is tilted at a 14-degree angle to the rest of the ship, so bolters like this can take off from the side of the ship instead of plowing into the planes on the other end of the deck. The planes are generally stored on the hangar deck and are brought up to the flight deck on huge elevator platforms.
As a proud navy veteran, here's a fun fact for you! My brother was deployed on the escort ship to the Nimitz when he served around 1980.
Most of the aircraft aren't on the flight deck normally. Most are kept in the hanger bay a deck below the flight deck. It's a big open bay, about the size of the flight deck, where they work on the aircraft, paint them, etc. Huge elevators move them from one deck to another.
They become museums at the port! We have the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi Texas
Carriers rarely visit foreign ports - that's where they're most in danger. They get fuel for the planes and food etc from supply ships at sea, and mail and people and small supplies via frequent flights of the C2 Greyhounds or the Tilt-rotor Osprey. BTW, the titl-rotor Osprey is currently grounded while they work out some kinks. Too many accidents. They didn't show it, but all the planes have parking spots in the hangar deck below and out of the weather. When they're operating, all those planes aren't on deck.
If you make it here to California on your trip, if you want to see some of these Nimitz class carriers, visit San Diego harbor and you'll see multiple, if you want to visit and older carrier, you can get on the USS Midway in San Diego as well, it's a great museum to explore amd feel the size of these things! Good luck on your trip!
The Nimitz class is now the Economy model with the Ford class being 13+ Billion dollar price tag.
Their escorts are always with the carrier 😊
The group of ships is called a task force
During the 70s I was in the Navy and had the chance to see the Nimitz on the other side of a refueler from my ship. Its flight deck was so high up above our ship
What your son was talking about is called a barricade. Used for emergency landing when the arresting hook wont deploy or there is problem with the plane and it has to land on the next attempt. It is very rarly used. As for walking on the flight deck during operations. It is intimidating and dangerous but every one looks out for each. I enjoyed it alot durring my service. If you would like to see a barricade landing try and find an old movie called the finale countdown. You might enjoy it. Its one of my favorites.
The fastest merchant ship ever built topped out at a speed of 38 knots and was capable of producing 240,000 shaft horsepower. That was a 53,000-ton oceanliner. A Nimitz class aircraft carrier can reach "similar" speeds, and produce equal to or greater than the same amount of horsepower while coming in at TWICE THE SIZE.
When I was in the Navy I was on two different carriers, The Tico CVA14 and the Midway CVA41. When the Mudway came in the Golden Gate at low tide we had to remo e the mast to pass under the bridge.
If ever you guys visit the US of A. In Corpus Christi, Texas, The USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier is retired there. You can tour the ship and it is amazing.It isn't as large as the USS Nimitz or some of the other ships but it is huge nonetheless. It truly feels like a small city on water. It is a cool experience.
I'm a retired Navy Chief and there are definitely no windows for the crew. The Captains bridge, Admirals Bridge and the Primary Flight control (Air Boss) do for operations. Trust me they are faster than 30 knots.
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they serve 6000+ meals a day, I toured the USS Iowa and the carrier Roosevelt was nearby and the size is truly awesome
Whenever you guys make it to the states, you can sometimes in New York or other major port cities decommission aircraft carriers that you can take tours of. Really cool experience if you guys can fit it in
To Answer your wifes last question,
Yes, they do have to move the planes when they want others to take off, that is done using aircraft lifts, I dont know if youve seen or if the video stayed on for long enough, but at one end, or more commonly at the sides of the carriers, therere are large sectioned off squares integrated seamlessly into the aircraft carriers deck those are the lifts, the aircrew park their plane onto that square, an the lift descends downwards into the so called belly of the aircraft carrier, the belly is where they store the various planes wen not in use and where they perform basic and sometimes not so basic maintenance on the planes.
The smaller ships are called support ships or the carrier group. The newest carrier is the USS Gerald R Ford which is even bigger than the ones in this video. The newer carriers are named after past USA presidents.
If you find yourself on the Texas Gulf Coast, we have the USS Lexington Museum ship. Old WWII carrier.
Sadly we won't be seeing a Nimitz-class museum ship. The deactivation of the nuclear reactors is far too complex and expensive.
Pretty much any video from this channel is great fun to watch reactions to.
My dad served abroad the Eisenhower as a mechanic for the F-14 Tomcats.
An aircraft carrier battle group (also known as a carrier strike group) is a formidable naval formation in the United States Navy. It typically includes the following components12:
>Aircraft Carrier: The centerpiece of the group, usually a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN). It serves as the primary offensive platform, capable of launching and recovering a variety of aircraft.
>Carrier Air Wing: Comprising 65 to 70 aircraft, the air wing operates from the carrier. It includes fighter jets, reconnaissance planes, electronic warfare aircraft, and helicopters.
>Cruisers: These warships provide air defense, anti-submarine capabilities, and surface warfare support. They are equipped with advanced radar systems and missile launchers.
>Destroyers: At least two destroyers or frigates are part of the group. They perform anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine roles. Their versatility makes them essential for fleet protection.
>Submarines: Although not always present, submarines (usually nuclear-powered attack submarines) enhance the group’s stealth and anti-submarine capabilities.
>Logistics Ships: Attached logistics ships provide fuel, supplies, and maintenance support to the entire group.
You should watch the PBS show "Carrier". I don't remember which aircraftarrier it shows but it goes throughout the entire day-to-day life of living on an aircraft carrier it's a little old but it's very well done.
The smaller boats are part of a carrier strike group of ships. The smaller ships protect the carrier while the carrier attacks.
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Easiest damn things to get lost on in the world!
Decommissioned ships are replaced by newer better classes of ships.
You don’t want windows on a battleship or carrier. You can always go outside in the deck.
There are decommissioned ships in a lot of different states so I’m sure something will be done with the carriers decommissioned. I got to go on a couple of ships and a submarine in Buffalo, NY and got to go on the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The USS Missouri is where the treaty was signed to end WW2 so it’s unbelievable to stand on that same deck!
The Nimitz class carriers are now getting old and are being replaced with the new Ford Class which use electromagnetic launchers rather than the steam catapults that have been in use since WWII
What the young man was referring to was the last ditch net . They are not your average net instead of rope they are made of steel cables. That is to stop the plane also the won't burn up incase of a fire . Hope that was useful.
Decommissioned Ship are made it Museums. You can visit the USS Intrepid in New York City harbor.😊
Great reaction from the three of you!! You might want to watch the video on how they prepare 17000 meals a day on an aircraft carrier. It’s interesting