40 ships will go out to sea at Nolfolk naval base

[cycloneye]

The pentagon this afternoon ordered that 40 ships at the naval base at Nolfolk VA go out to sea to not be in the base as Isabel may go that way.

[huricanwatcher]

The pentagon this afternoon ordered that 40 ships at the naval base at Nolfolk VA go out to sea to not be in the base as Isabel may go that way.

they are already on their way, as well as dover de.... clearing out

[Pileus]

Going to be an entire fleet in the Atlantic because Mayport ships left 2
days ago

[cycloneye]

Yes planes too are going out.

[azsnowman]

Back in 1979, I was aboard the USS America CV-66, one of last few diesel carriers. We were returning from our Med. Cruise in Sept....don't qoute me on the name, I *think* it was Hurricane Diane, we were steaming home after a 6 month deployment, home port...Norfolk Va, we had to steam WAAAAY south to miss Diane.....in the 2 years aboard the carrier, I had never felt the ship yaw. Let me tell ya, we had swells breaking over the flight deck (80 feet above the water line), she was rolling like I had never seen, at one point, you could walk on the walls going down a passage way!!! Our destroyer escorts, for all intents and purposes, were submarines "LOL!" Poor guys! Anyway......it delayed our homecoming by 2 days, all the ships in port were sent out to sea then too.

Dennis

[Pileus]

Well I'm one of those poor guys. I spent 4 years on a DD out of Mayport
and never got over being seasick. I laugh at ppl who marvel at 10 foot
swells. I saw them at 40 feet. Always wondered why my ship was hinged
at midships. Did not take me long to find out.