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Originally Posted by John Rogers
I was on board the USS Enterprise CVA(N) 65 when it went into dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The fuel had all ben emptied, minimum ballast in any tanks and just enough to make her sit level. That was all done with SLIDE RULES and a few calculators by one dock master and a couple assistants! It was amazing the creeks and groans it made as it settled onto the blocks. There is one main set down the center line and a spare set on each side to take up wind buffeting.
The carrier was a CVA(N) until the white house said we should not have ships with "Attack" in their name so she became CV(N)………. The patch on my leather jacket has the CVA in the name and every now and then someone will notice that!
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This answered my questions. How in the heck do they keep her from tipping?