USS Enterprise port visit

[Le Addeur noir]

According to http://www.seawaves.com ,USS Enterprise will be arriving in Palma on the 28th June for a port visit for an unspecified duration.

[Arjan]

This carrier also visited Souda Bay for a routine port visit on the 24th of june. Odd to have two port visits in such a short time.

[Le Addeur noir]

This carrier also visited Souda Bay for a routine port visit on the 24th of june. Odd to have two port visits in such a short time.

This must have been a very short visit,usually port visits last 3-4 days.

Some carriers have made 2 port visits within a week in the Far East recently,so this is not unprecedented.

[Le Addeur noir]

Noted on CVN-65/ USS Enterprise on deck on the 29th June were the following,

All F/A-18 bureau numbers were as per the earlier visit of the USS Enterprise to Lisbon in late January 2011.

F/A-18F VFA-11 Red Rippers tail code AB-1xx

166628 100
166634 101
166624 102
166625 103 moved below deck by the 1st July
166629 104
166630 105
166631 106
166633 107
166623 110
166626 111
166627 112
166610 114

F/A-18F Fighting Checkmates AB-2xx

166787 200 below deck,but visible through door at night
166798 202
166799 203
166807 204
166808 205
166815 206
166809 207
166816 210
166814 212

F/A-18E VFA-136 Knighthawks AB-3xx

166821 301
166822 302
166823 303
166824 304 moved below deck by the 30th
166825 305
166826 306
166827 307
166828 310
166829 311
166818 312
166817 313

166820 300 was below deck and was not visible from the shore

F/A-18C VMFA-251 Thunderbolts AB-4xx

164881 401 below deck and visible through door at night
164883 402
16**** 405 modex read on deck,but this jet was not reported on the Lisbon visit of this carrier in January 2011.
164892 406 below deck and visible through door at night
164910 407
164950 411
164952 412
164978 413
164979 414
164969 415

EA-6B VAQ-137 World Famous Rooks AB-5xx

162934 500
162228 501
163398 503

modex 502(163891) was known to be below deck and was not visible from the shore.

E-2C VAQ-123 Screwtops AB-60x

163693 600
165297 601
165647 602 on deck early on the 30th,but moved below deck by the afternoon of the next day.
165298 603 below deck on the 29/30th,but moved on deck by the next day.

SH-60F/HH-60H HS-11 AB-61x

164800 610
164801 611 full colour marks and confirmed on deck
164615 612 confirmed on deck
164103 613

165115 614
163795 615 below deck
165120 616

All 7 of these helicopters were visible from shore 4 were on deck and the remainder below in the hanger deck.

[Joris van Boven]

This carrier also visited Souda Bay for a routine port visit on the 24th of june. Odd to have two port visits in such a short time.

2 port visits is quite normal. The USS Bush did Cartagena (Spain) and Napoli (Italy) in early June. Often there is a short (1-2 days) and a long (3-4 days) visit, on both legs through the Med.