Yes, you read that right, the USS Ronald Reagan left port six hours earlier than scheduled due to Moreton Bay jellyfish. Plural is jellyfii or jellyfishes? Anyways, too many of the poor suckers were getting into the ship's water intake, and clogging up the generators or something. I can just imagine the Iranians getting together jellyfish battalions LOL.
And here I was thinking Reagan was in town another couple of days - it must have been Monday when it got in, rather than Tuesday, and the whole tour trick of saying five days, meaning four nights with a couple hours either side - although I still have my USS Constellation pics from 1999 to console me, and I saw pics of the boat on other blogs, and another blogger whose opinion I trust said the ship wasn't too impressive anyways (maybe it was the first nuke ship visit to Brisbane, maybe?).
I will console myself with those thoughts - and no doubt more US ships will be visiting in future. Have they thought up a name for the next carrier they have commissioned? Oh, it's Dubya's dad - predictable, but eh in reaction. Though yeah, I do have to admit, aircraft carriers and stealth bombers do it to me every time :)
Pauly
And here I was thinking Reagan was in town another couple of days - it must have been Monday when it got in, rather than Tuesday, and the whole tour trick of saying five days, meaning four nights with a couple hours either side - although I still have my USS Constellation pics from 1999 to console me, and I saw pics of the boat on other blogs, and another blogger whose opinion I trust said the ship wasn't too impressive anyways (maybe it was the first nuke ship visit to Brisbane, maybe?).
I will console myself with those thoughts - and no doubt more US ships will be visiting in future. Have they thought up a name for the next carrier they have commissioned? Oh, it's Dubya's dad - predictable, but eh in reaction. Though yeah, I do have to admit, aircraft carriers and stealth bombers do it to me every time :)
Pauly
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