Posted on 12/10/2010 8:15:21 PM PST by 1 x 7 Twist...
USS Nimitz to be stationed in Everett Aircraft carrier will replace USS Abraham Lincoln at naval station EVERETT — This time next year, people in Everett can expect a send-off for the USS Abraham Lincoln and a welcome party for the USS Nimitz. The Nimitz will replace the Lincoln as the aircraft carrier based at Naval Station Everett, the Navy announced Thursday. For years, rumors have been swirling about the departure of the Lincoln from Everett. City leaders worried about a major hit to the regional economy and what, if anything, would replace the Lincoln. Now they know. “I am just ecstatic. This is absolutely wonderful news,” Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson said. “I think Everett got its Christmas present early this year, and for me it's the best present I've ever gotten. Now we just need the Air Force tanker.” The Lincoln is scheduled to head to Virginia at the end of next year for a midlife refueling of its two nuclear reactors. The refueling job is set to start in 2012 and is scheduled to be complete in 2016. The Lincoln currently is serving in the waters off the Middle East and is expected to return in the spring. When it next departs, it could be sailing to Hampton Roads, Va. Whether the Lincoln will return to Everett after the overhaul remains unclear. Stephanson said he plans to campaign for the Lincoln to return to Everett, to join the Nimitz.
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whidbey is an air field.....bremerton or everett are ports
Incorrect. The squadrons which comprise a Carrier Air Wing - CVW - are dispersed at several Naval Air Stations. No CVW is headquartered at Whidbey. Whidbey is home to mostly VAQ - EA-6B and EA-18G - and VP - P3 - squadrons. Only one VAQ squadron is part of a CVW. The Lincoln's CVW, CVW-2, is headquartered at NAS Lemoore.
San Diego gets a ship named after a politician (pro-Navy, but still a member of a loathsome class of people) - WA gets the ship named after the war hero.
I don’t like CVN John Stennis, either.
I guess that’s it. DS was at the air field, and flew off the Nimitz.
DoH, I didn’t know that, I knew the A6’s were there, I thought the rest of the planes were on the Island too.
The only A6 at Whidbey is on static display. The Intruder was retired from service in February of 1997.
97’ wow, has it been that long...
bump
I was with a Q squadron back in the ‘70’s...it is hard to believe that an area that far north can be a rain forest...whidbey is beautiful
intruders do not fly out of whidbey........prowlers do, the EA-6B
ya that was my bad...
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