Operating your nuclear supercarrier….
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (November 18, 2018) -- Three of the hundreds of sailors it takes, at any given moment at sea, to actually operate a United States Navy nuclear-powered supercarrier.
Here, aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)....
(Top photo) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Charles Block, USN, mans the lee helm (essentially, the “gas pedal”) on the bridge of the carrier. He transmits orders from the officers actually “driving” the ship to the engine room many decks below....and monitors the status of major propulsion systems. He’s stationed two decks above and to the right of that big “75″ in the second photo.
(Third photo) Quartermaster 3rd Class Konner McShane, USN, plots points on a navigation chart at his station on the bridge of the carrier....keeping the officers on watch informed of the huge warship’s precise location at any given moment.
(Fourth photo) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on patrol....along with her dozens of fighter/attack aircraft....and 6,000 American men and women making it all work.
(Fifth photo) Operations Specialist 1st Class Analea August, USN, tracks air contacts on a sophisticated radar console in the carrier’s combat direction center....deep inside the ship, and well protected in battle. If an enemy missile or hostile aircraft is coming at them, she’ll likely be one of the first to know!
They’ll all be back home in a few months....but, for now, they have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to run!
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>>Photos of sailors on watch: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Elliott, USN


















