Just call me Tiger: My week aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz February 02, 2018 By Dr. Cam Jayson My grandson Zach is a nuclear machinist’s mate on the United States nuclear powered aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Nimitz. In October of 2017, while he was on the Nimitz and returning from an Arabian Gulf deployment, he emailed me… Read More »
One of the exciting things about being a part of the commissioning crew was the shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic in February! Whooee! The Nimitz was a bucking bronc! Stuff sliding around all over the place, walking all over the deck and the lower part of the bulkheads and a good portion of the… Read More »
The Nimitz was my third ship assignment, but my first permanent assignment. I had undergone two years of training prior to my assignment to the RE (Reactor Electrical) division in the Reactor Department. The Nimitz was still under construction in Newport News, Virginia- very much under construction. It was fortunate because I was able to… Read More »