Coleman Bridge Opening Pics

[JetSkiBrian]

I was in Yorktown this yesterday during a bridge opening so I took a couple pictures of a Navy ship coming into the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. The York river was pretty.

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[RuddeDogg]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

[HStew]

what a day!

[inshoreangler95]

Very nice, great pics too!

[Gregg Seaford]

Great pics. thanks for sharing...........

[GreenFord]

I think you pretty much got the flags right. Been there many of times on the DDG I was stationed on for 5 years.

[fishinswede]

Cool pics--thanks for sharing them. Interpretation of the flags was interesting; didn't know they still used them.

[jkcam]

Great pics!

and for those of you guys that can read the flags, thanks for your service.....and thanks for your service even if you were suposed to be able to read the flags but can't.

[Sandcrab]

The U.S. Navy announced Friday that the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville (LPD 13) will return home from its final deployment June 12. The ship deployed from Naval Station Norfolk on January 15.

On its last deployment, the Nashville served as the Africa Partnership Station (APS) for the U.S. Africa Command in the U.S. Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility. Its mission was to conduct theater security cooperation and maritime partnership training throughout the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa.

According to a statement from Sixth Fleet's Deputy Commander Rear Adm. Joe Leidig, Nashville sailors' "exceptional dedication and bold initiative significantly improved Africa partner nation capabilities through joint maritime and expeditionary training events, infrastructure improvement, strategic communication, and community outreach programs."

The Navy says the ship also conducted numerous community outreach engagements by providing medical and dental care to more than 5,000 people, performing dozens of musical events, and participating in sporting events. Leidig said those efforts "made an everlasting positive impression on the citizens of numerous African nations and unquestionably set a new standard by which all future deployers will be judged."

Commissioned February 14, 1970, the 39-year-old Nashville will be decommissioned in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk on September 30.


Sandcrab

[Pond Pounder]

Man, that bridge is narrow to pass through, especially on an LPD! I was on the USS Ponce (LPD 15) and remember one time when the helmsman was having difficulty steading on the course to get us through the support beams. I thought we were going to take out the bridge for a few minutes. Talk about pucker factor!

[Sandcrab]

My guess - Since the ship just got back from a long deployment, they are unloading weapons prior to their decomissioning in September this year...

Sandcrab
USN, Retired