Happy 30th Birthday, USS Carl Vinson: @USNavy @CVN70

Carl Vinson Marks 30 Years of Service

navy.mil 13 Mar '12, 6pm

Happy 30th Birthday, USS Carl Vinson: @USNavy @CVN70

USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) celebrated the carrier's 30th year of service March 13. Navy veterans who commissioned the ship joined them from afar as they recalled their service aboard Vinson. Commissioned March 13, 1982 in Newport News, Va. with Capt. Richard L. Martin as her first commanding officer, the Navy's third Nimitz-class carrier has completed 11 deployments spanning the world's oceans. "We were named after an American patriot who knew the value of a strong Navy," said Vinson's Commanding Officer Capt. Kent D. Whalen. "Vinson's vision was a Navy that would protect our nation, keep the sea lanes safe for commerce, and sustain the capability to take the fight to any enemy, anywhere in the world." "When you look at the amount of time Carl Vinson has spent at sea over the last thirty years,...

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@mhaithaca » 13 Mar '12, 10pm
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