Ship's Log
USS New Jersey BB-62: The 1983-84 Lebanon Deployment
USS New Jersey BB-62 arrived off Lebanon in 1983 after the Beirut barracks bombing killed 241 Marines, firing more than 280 sixteen-inch rounds at Syrian and Druze positions before withdrawing in 1984.
USS Lexington CV-16: The Blue Ghost
USS Lexington CV-16, nicknamed the Blue Ghost after Tokyo Rose falsely claimed her sunk, fought across the Pacific in WWII and later trained generations of Naval aviators at Pensacola until 1991.
The Flight Deck: The Most Dangerous Workplace in the World
The carrier flight deck is one of the world's most dangerous workplaces, run by a color-coded jersey system — yellow shirts directing aircraft, purple 'grapes' fueling, red shirts handling ordnance.
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42: The Cold War Mediterranean Carrier
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 served as the Navy's preeminent Cold War Mediterranean carrier, deploying with the Sixth Fleet through the Suez Crisis, Lebanon, and decades of Cold War flashpoints until 1977.
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71: The 1990-91 Operation Desert Storm Deployment
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 flew combat strikes from the Red Sea throughout Operation Desert Storm in 1991, with CVW-8's Jolly Rogers, Black Aces, and other squadrons flying round-the-clock missions against Iraq.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69: The 1988 Operation Earnest Will...
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 provided carrier air power for Operation Earnest Will in 1988, escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq Tanker War.