How Does World's Largest Aircraft Carrier Stay Level?
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One of the biggest concerns for aircraft carriers is the risk of US Navy sailors or planes falling overboard. This warship has more than 6000 sailors on board, nearly 100 fighter jets worth over 30 million dollars each, and many luxury amenities you'd find in a city. It weighs more than 100,000 tons and is over 1000 feet long. On July 8th 2022, a fighter jet flew off the deck of the mighty USS Harry S. Truman due to unexpectedly violent weather in the Mediterranean Sea. This shocking incident raised suspicion as to how the events took place considering the capability of the aircraft carrier to withstand harsh weather conditions. I was air wing on USS Enterprise two cruises. We were part of a 3 carrier battle group off the Aleutian Islands in 1983 with USS Midway and Coral Sea. We encountered heavy weather with waves breaking over the bow, damaging some aircraft on the flight deck. Many were sick. The raw power of the ocean is unbelievable and can toss around a 100,000 ton ship like a matchbox. God bless our shipmates on the destroyers and frigates who had it far worse then we did. Prior to being on the Nimitz I was on the FDR. We hit extremally heavy seas from a storm and were headed into the waves. That said there were times the water seemed to catch us as water poured over the bow over the end of the flight deck. Very humbling out there.
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