Beer served on the USS Nimitz 1980

[collectsmedals]

I served on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) from April 1979 to April 1983.

 

During my first deployment we left Naples Italy on January 4, 1980 and transited around Africa to the Indian Ocean to what was termed "Gonzo Station". We returned to Norfolk Virginia on May 26, 1980 after 144 continuous days at sea.

 

On April 12, 1980, our 100th continuous day at sea, we were each served two cans of beer on the flight deck.

 

The first photograph is the flight deck during this "flight deck picnic" as seen from the island. The second photograph is me and a friend sitting on the flight deck holding our open cans of beer (I am on the left with the dark hair and the scruffy beard). The third photograph is the actual beer can I was holding, which I still have on my book shelf. The fourth photograph is of a patch I bought in the ships store commemorating the occasion.

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha,

 

Here's the rest of that Iranian Hostage Crisis Ace Novelty USS NIMITZ 1980 Gonzo Station cruise from my collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[collectsmedals]

20 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said:

Here's the rest of that Iranian Hostage Crisis Ace Novelty USS NIMITZ 1980 Gonzo Station cruise from my collection.

Thank you for posting. I have each of those patches from my cruise as well, along with two additional ones from that deployment.