Even though it makes some sense I’m amazed this was permitted. There are so many liabilities and contingencies to consider given this is supposed to be a warship and war ready.
Ain’t exactly the first time it’s been done.......
It has been done many times before.
You could put all sorts of repair parts and equipment aboard her and save a significant chunk of change in transportation costs.
I watched a documentary on a carrier once, and they had a custom where it would stop in Hawaii...and I believe family members could come on board and stay on the carrier on its trip to San Diego...details are hazy, but they didn’t seem too concerned about the liability of having civilians on-board. So cars probably aren’t a problem either.
In the Army, we would occasionally put our cars in the motor pool, if we were doing a long training exercise, just to keep them from being broken into.