Seen off West Seattle: USS John C. Stennis, homeward bound

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Thanks to JayDee for the photo from Upper Alki. That’s the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), seen making the turn around south Bainbridge Island this afternoon, due home in Bremerton tonight after a seven-month deployment. We reported on its departure January 15. The Navy says the Stennis and its strike group were deployed to the “Indo-Asia-Pacific region,” including two months in the South China Sea.

2 Replies to "Seen off West Seattle: USS John C. Stennis, homeward bound"

  • Joe Szilagyi August 14, 2016 (6:10 pm)

    It’s a shame that a ship like this is named for a hard core racist and segregationist. 

    Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Stennis#Civil_rights_record

    • FairInWS August 14, 2016 (8:13 pm)

      Well if you’re going to name ships after Democrats from that era, it’s hard to find ones that differed on those issues.  You can’t name everything after Republicans and other civil rights activists, Joe.

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