bmmheadVisit to Portsmouth of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
& USS Winston S Churchill (DDG-81) Arleigh Burke Class
Destroyer 22nd - 27th March 2015

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USS Winston Churchill DDG81 USS Winston S Churchill
approaching from OSB
  USS Winston Churchill DDG81 USS Winston S Churchill
passing the War Memorial
Southsea seafront
  USS Winston Churchill DDG81 USS Winston S Churchill
passing the "Hot Walls"
Old Portsmouth
 
USS Winston Churchill DDG81 USS Winston S Churchill
crew give us a wave
on the Round Tower
  USS Winston Churchill DDG81 USS Winston S Churchill
in harbour now
  H60 Seahawk H60 Seahawk from
USS Theodore Roosevelt
with the commander
onboard

The more observant among you will have noticed the White Ensign flying from the ship's yard arm.
This is because, in honour of the ship's namesake, the position of Navigating Officer is always given
to a Royal Navy officer. Lieutenant Lynsey Sewell is 5-months into a 2-year tour on the ship. She is
the ninth officer to occupy this position. Churchill is the only US Navy vessel to have a Royal Navy
officer permanently assigned to the ship’s company as well as flying a foreign nation’s ensign.


USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
at anchor in Stokes Bay
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
at anchor in Stokes Bay
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
at anchor in Stokes Bay
 
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
at anchor in Stokes Bay
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
at anchor in Stokes Bay
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
"Does my bum look big
in this shot?"
 
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
Huge anchor comes up
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
moving down Spithead now
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71

USS Theodore Roosevelt
passing Ryde, IOW

 
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
passing IOW
  USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
off to the Med