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Just became a Grandpa
 
I got the opportunity to walk underneath a cruise ship that was in dry dock for repairs following a grounding in Alaska. It was surreal to see this enormous ship just being held up by blocks of wood. The damage to the hull and propellers from the grounding was also impressive.
 
Ship I was stationed on was in drydock for a while.

FFG is not nearly as impressive as that CVN. 1/3 the length & 1/25 the displacement
I walked under Nimitz during her post-shakedown drydocking back in '75. Like a big, dark, smelly, cellar. It's hard to remember it's a ship when you can't see the drydock walls. Funny, I remember solid black antifouling paint, instead of red with black boot topping. My memory isn't too good, but my forgettery is first rate.
 
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