Been through once, on the USS Valley Forge, CG-50. The ship was brand new and we flew from North Island and met her in Pascagoula, MS and sailed back to San Diego.
Gatun Lake, early with little traffic, Captain lit all four jets, a picture I have posted before. We were booking:
Everyone not on watch was invited top side.
We stopped at Rodman Port for the night and I may have had a few creme de menthe's in Panama City that night