Quicksand Fans

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 3:24 pm**

From gCaptain short video from Newport News Shipbuilding

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2015 2:01 pm**

Many thanks, proud lady!

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2015 8:32 pm**

Seeing all the people on top of the island really gives you a sense of scale. Freaking beast of a ship. Shame to see it go but the keel for the new one is scheduled to be laid in 2018.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-80)

Dumb question......this has always bugged me.....what is the purpose of the pointy things sticking off the bow, the two rectangular wedge shaped things?

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2015 9:15 pm**

Those are retro-cat stuff

Back when the aircraft being shot predated the towbar hookup on the nose gear, they were attached to the cat shuttle with steel cables; AFAIK, the cables were caught after the shot on the gear there. If you watch the Intruder video link I posted, you can see them in use for an F-4 and an A-3.

Posted: **Mon May 11, 2015 12:26 am**

Sad to see this old, proud lady go... Enterprise certainly served her country and crew well.

Thanks for shaing!

Quicksand Fans

Enterprise Returns to Original Drydock for Inactivation

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