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NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive

USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74)

Calendar distributed at the Commissioning Ceremony, 1995 — Homeport Change, San Diego to Bremerton, 2005

Calendar distributed at the Commissioning Ceremony, December 9, 1995

Contributed by Chester O. Morris.

(95Kb)	(75Kb)
(192Kb) The Seal of the USS *John C. Stennis*	(134Kb) Statistical Information
(117Kb) Construction began on *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74) on March 13, 1991, when the keel was laid	(110Kb) The 480-ton island house, considered the nerve center of *John C. Stennis*, was 90 percent complete when it was placed on the ship's flight deck
(133Kb) Mrs. Margaret Stennis Womble, Ship's Sponsor, christens USS *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74) at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, November 11, 1993. Platorm guests included Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of the Navy John Dalton, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, and Mrs. Martha A. Stennis, Matron of Honor. Photo by PH1(AW) Gregory McCreash	(112Kb) Catapult dead load testing
(103Kb) *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74), operating off the Virginia Capes during a highly successful Builder's Sea Trials, October 3-6. Official U.S. Navy Photo by PHC(AW) Tom Hensley	(84Kb) Builder's Sea Trial demonstration
(111Kb) Underway in the Virginia Capes Sea Trials	(123Kb) Early morning Hampton Roads transit. USS *John C. Stennis* "looking ahead"
(100Kb) Underway in the Virginia Capes for Sea Trials	(122Kb) Full speed astern
(120Kb) Counter measures washdown system in operation	(88Kb) Protect and defend. F-14 is made ready for launch

Homeport Change, San Diego to Bremerton, 5–8 January 2005

Contributed by Tom Armstrong.

4 January 2005 (137Kb)	4 January 2005 (112Kb)	4 January 2005 (135Kb)	4 January 2005 (133Kb)
4 January 2005 (136Kb)	4 January 2005 (91Kb)	5 January 2005 (143Kb)	5 January 2005 (147Kb)
5 January 2005 (136Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego, USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) seen from USS *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74) (125Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego, USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the distance, seen from USS *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74) (128Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego (135Kb)
5 January 2005 Departing San Diego, USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the distance (122Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego (116Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego. Coronado Bridge (115Kb)	5 January 2005 Departing San Diego. "Tilly" (131Kb)
7 January 2005 Underway (140Kb)	7 January 2005 Underway. Hangar bay (155Kb)	7 January 2005 Underway. Hangar bay (135Kb)	7 January 2005 Underway. Hangar bay (119Kb)
8 January 2005 Underway. Hangar bay (113Kb)	8 January 2005 Nearing Bremerton. Hangar bay (127Kb)	8 January 2005 Nearing Bremerton. Island (131Kb)	8 January 2005 Passing Seattle (115Kb)
8 January 2005 Arriving in Bremerton (125Kb)	8 January 2005 Arriving in Bremerton (116Kb)	8 January 2005 Arriving in Bremerton. Ex-USS Turner Joy (DD-951), preserved as a Memorial (137Kb)	8 January 2005 Arriving in Bremerton (116Kb)