More Pictures

Washers(made in Cincinnati, Ohio) on board the Reagan
Every day all of these ceremony articles are polished
H and I with Reagan's bust
Topside of the ship
The landing deck looking aft
Looking up toward the bridge
Looking aft toward the bridge

The USS Ronald Reagan is an impressive ship, has 5000 crew members and is a city in itself. The landing deck is 4.5 acres. There were no planes or helicopters on board because they are in port. We got to see the control room for the jets and copters, and also the intelligence room. Only saw them because we ran into another church member who is the head of that area. We met the fleet Admiral as we were headed for the ship. He saw Christa's Buckeye shirt and stopped to speak to us. He is from Piqua, Ohio and his parents live in South Charleston. Small world. My Aunt Rita, cousin Tim and his wife Michelle live there. The Admiral also carries a buckeye in his pocket.

We were on board for about 2 1/2 hours and only saw about 1/10th of the ship. We were all done in from the stairs. Everything is up and down steps. We climbed about 5 sets of really steep steps to get to the bridge, but it was locked, so we did not get to see that.

A really nice day, so glad we got to go.