USS Theodore Roosevelt at Portsmouth, England

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/23/2015 at 09:27 • Filed to: None

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The carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt made a port call at Portsmouth, England recently. Too large to enter the harbor, the ship moored offshore in The Solent between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. That's one big boat.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:41

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Read about this earlier this morning. It's 40 miles from me!

///Mvious > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:43

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That's one big boat.

It has to carry a whole lot of Freedom.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 03/23/2015 at 09:46

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Go see it! Unless she's already left.

KnotThatBusy > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:49

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Sweet.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:55

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These photos present well one of the biggest factors in the scale of something that big - the slight mistiness or haziness (like a mountain range) coming from being very, very far off and still huge. It doesn't always come through in a photo the way it does in person.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:55

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Oh man, this makes me feel so America!

AJ Feldman (alecmets2011) > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 09:59

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My brother is on the TR. It's staying in England for a little bit (can't specify how long for security reasons) but I can tell you it'll be there for at least a few days

ttyymmnn > AJ Feldman (alecmets2011) 03/23/2015 at 10:05

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Can you find the Americans in the picture? Perhaps your brother? Portsmouth is anticipating 5000 sailors coming ashore for leave. Should be good for the local wallets. But remember what the English thought of the GIs in WWII: Overpaid, oversexed, and over here!

ttyymmnn > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 03/23/2015 at 10:05

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It does give you a bit of pride when you think that big ass boat is on our side. Big Stick indeed.

AJ Feldman (alecmets2011) > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 10:14

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flanel shirt is possibly him. There are thousands on that ship. I've toured it twice. Got to go on a tiger cruise last fall and see some helicopter and flight demonstrations 100mi off the east coast u.s.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 10:15

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Overpaid my ass!

ttyymmnn > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 03/23/2015 at 10:29

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Well, they were in 1944. At least compared to the Tommies.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 11:35

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Yeah, the name is totally apporopes.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 12:31

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No. Everyone else was underpaid.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 13:55

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You'll have your own soon, in a couple of year, hopefully.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 03/23/2015 at 14:22

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I've got ten of 'em! (I'm in the US).