USS Theodore Roosevelt

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Will be arriving on Sunday to Portsmouth..

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11868410.Massive_a...

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Chicken said:

Fantastic, I'm on shift Sunday night (ambulance tech). Just what Pompey needs,5000 US Navy sailors trying to keep up with their RN compatriots.
How many drunken yanks will I meet? (Place your bets below - closet wins a vomit bowel full of regurgitated Budweiser)

I look forward to Monday's updates

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Lakenheath, today.

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couzens said:

onyx39 said:

Lakenheath, today.

We had this come into work (farnborough) very noisy!

Not today???

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couzens said:

Nooo, was Thursday eve.

Don't auppose it's coming back is it?

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Simpo Two said:

I think the only PM worthy of a ship name is Winston Churchill.

'HMS Edward Milliband'. fking hell where's my passport, time to emigrate....

Lol.... The yanks have already done that one.
She's arriving an hour before as as Roosevelt's escort!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Winston_S._Chur...

Edited by onyx39 on Saturday 21st March 22:11

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SydneyBridge said:

'Portsmouth City Council said the influx of the ship's crew to the city could lead to a boost of about £1.5m for the local economy'



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-320...

I would say that was quite conservative. That assumes that every sailor spends 300.00 on shore.
Does not take into account the people like myself who will be travelling into Portsmouth to see her.

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350Wedge said:

bakerstreet said:

rohrl said:

My mother and grandmother went down to the bay to have a look yesterday.

Quote - "It's like Stonehenge. It's big, but not as big as you'd expect."

Err...Isn't it still the largest warship in the world?!?

I am very temped to go down on Saturday to have a look. They don't appear that often. I remember someone else posting details of the last Nimitz class to visit Portsmouth and that was a few years ago.

Its leaving on Friday as far as I'm aware, Saturday will be too late.