awesome pics. i wonder at age he passed away

 

Looks like 91.

 

IT's amazing how 'small' that aircraft carrier is compared to the ones today.

 

I was just thinking the exact same thing. I took the tourist boat out to the Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor and the USS Carl Vinson (sp?) was pulling in to dock, it was HUGE. They have the two launching runways with the steam cannons, and then the landing runway. This old one looks like it has just one and its much smaller.

According to Wiki, the Hornet was about 40,000 tons, and the modern super carriers are two and a half times the weight at 101,000 tons.

*edit* The 40,000 tons was after refitting in 1956, during WWII it was 27,000 tons, or a little over a fourth the displacement of a modern supercarrier. The Ronald Reagan has a flight deck that is a full 70 yards longer than the hornet had.

 

hey! i went to the memorial and there was a carrier coming in too. I don't remember which carrier nor do I have any experience in size of carriers. But here's a pic of it.



going to pearl harbor was a great experience. it was quite overwhelming at the memorial

edit: i just looked up the uss carl vinson.. looks the same. were you there the same day i was?! hah