Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Very Large Arrival: 100,000 Ton Supercarrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Returns To San Diego - there is nothing quite like the sight of an enormous aircraft carrier as it returns home; such a great occasion.
(Nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, having spent the last 17 months at Bremerton, Washington, undergoing a complete system retrofit to accommodate F-35C Lightning II stealth fighters, has now successfully competed sea trials and tested its upgraded systems and returned to Naval Air Station North Island—and what a majestic sight it is to witness one of these whoppers pull into port with sailors manning the rails.)
Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class John Bigbie, United States Navy.
Very Large Arrival: 100,000 Ton Supercarrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Returns To San Diego - there is nothing quite like the sight of an enormous aircraft carrier as it returns home; such a great occasion.
(Nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, having spent the last 17 months at Bremerton, Washington, undergoing a complete system retrofit to accommodate F-35C Lightning II stealth fighters, has now successfully competed sea trials and tested its upgraded systems and returned to Naval Air Station North Island—and what a majestic sight it is to witness one of these whoppers pull into port with sailors manning the rails.)
Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class John Bigbie, United States Navy.
