Phil's Places - Norfolk Naval Base

May 15th 2015 Norfolk Naval Base

I went to the Virginia Beach area to attend the Warbirds over the Beach airshow at the Military Aviation Museum. Decided to go a day early and take a harbor tour to see the naval base, and visit the Battleship Wisconsin Museum. 

Arleigh Burke class destroyer - DDG-72 Mahan in a floating drydock

Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo ship - T-AKE-5 Robert E Peary

Henry J Kaiser Class Tanker - T-AO-195 Leroy Grumman

Whidbey Island Class Amphibious Ship - LSD-44 Gunston Hall undergoing repair

San Antionio Class Amphibious Ship - LPD-24 Arlington

San Antionio Class Amphibious Ship - LPD-24 Arlington

Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer - DDG-66 Gonzalez

Two more Burke Class Destroyers

 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer - DDG-67 Cole - This is the ship that was attacked in Yemen in 2000

Cole again

Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer - DDG-84 Bulkeley - This is a Flight II Burke, note the hangers built into the aft superstructure that the the eailier Burkes lack

Ticonderoga Class Cruiser - CG-55 Leyte Gulf

Wasp Class Amphibious Carrier - LHD-3 Kearsarge

Another Wasp Class Amphibious Carrier (Not sure which one) - Note the E-2 radar plane overhead

Nimitz Class Carrier - CVN 77 George H W Bush

Bush again

E-2C which was shooting touch and goes at the nearby Naval Air Station

The Battleship is part of the Nautilus Museum in downtown Norfolk. This was taken during my harbor cruise.

Fore portion of the ship with two triple 16 inch gun turrets 

View from the bow

View from the stern

View from the museum. No access to the interior of the ship is allowed.