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Title: US naval visit to Portsmouth
Post by: Robert J Smith on March 20, 2015, 06:27:54 PM

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) & destroyer USS Winston S Churchill (DDG81) due to visit Portsmouth on Sunday 22nd.

Winston S Churchill due into harbour around 13.00
Theodore Roosevelt due "Charlie" anchorage around 16.30

arrival info from QHM website

Regards

Bob

Title: Re: US naval visit to Portsmouth
Post by: spanner on March 28, 2015, 04:57:38 PM

with the recent visit of the US carrier now over, the one thing that interests me is why was the product tanker Rossini and Mozart always moored along side? Would anybody what they were loading or discharging from Carrier, Maybe it as obvious as jet fuel, but they seemed to be always alongside.

Title: Re: US naval visit to Portsmouth
Post by: Tom Walker on March 28, 2015, 11:35:35 PM

On previous occasions I have seen tankers alongside large carriers anchored at Spithead/Stokes Bay.  I was informed that they carry 'waste' from the carriers for processing, often to Marchwood.

Best regards

Tom