Rough Seas on the Kitty Hawk!

[aftershock1100]

Rough sea..............

[Boowiinee]

gad damn i wish there was sound, just to hear what the crew men are saying

[Showgirl7able]

Was the helicopter and plane super glued to the deck?

[sickasso72]

I know that corrosion resistant paint is used on the aircraft but, in sitiuations like this you guys must have to spray aircraft down alot with fresh water.

[jettastreetracer]

being the size of these ships....can you really feel the boat to the point of you cant walk?

[cwe11]

haha i was BMOW when this went down

[Konvicted17]

I was in the helly` playn` chess !

[halmc]

Didn't see any air ops, boot.

[k2477456]

yeah uhm somebody shud probaly get that plane off the deck

[behindthewallsleepin]

i can imagine the captain yelling, "Hey!! who left the helicopter out on deck?!?"

[Mrstrongisland01]

Sorry I mean HS14 I'm still in the midway days.

[Mrstrongisland01]

Hs12 er team muster in mc asap it's going to be a long night. Dammmmm

[bushiman32]

Mother Nature...damn

[bmwnasher]

what i would give to be on board in that.cheers guys for all you do .from UK

[42j]

These waves are big, but nothing like we experienced on the Uss America in 1990 when our Captain decided to have us sail out of Norfolk Va right after hurricane Hugo had just passed by. We had waves rolling over the bow almost to the waist. when we came back to port all of the bow catwalks and life rafts were gone. Ripped off by the waves. Major damage was done to the ship.

[iheartbenben]

@42j ^ This comment pretty much sums up the distressing end results of all my military commanders 'whims of reckless authority'.

It was fun though, when you figured out you would survive?

[L2fish]

Holy crap! Arent carrier decks pretty high up?

[robertluthi]

The carrier's flight deck is approximately 60 feet above the ship's normal water line.

[L2fish]

That must have been one heck of a ride!

[CountCaffeine]

When wasa this Taken? I was aboard the Hawk from Dec of 99 thru Jun of 03

[robertluthi]

The 'Hawk' was underway for CQ (Airwing Carrier Qualifications) in the Sea of Japan during the week of March 22, 2008.