Preparing the USS John C. Stennis Flight Deck

01/20/2015

01/20/2015: Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Recruit Zerick Woodberry, from Los Angeles, clears dirt from a pad eye on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

Stennis is seen completing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Credit: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74):11/7/14

  • In photo 2, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Elizabeth Barbieri, from Kansas City, Mo., cleans out a Aqueous Film Forming Foam sprinkler on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
  • In photo 3, Sailors clean out pad eyes on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
  • In photos 4-6, Sailors aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) test catapult one on the flight deck
  • In the final photo, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Joe Marc Vallanueva, signals to launch catapult one for testing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).