John Stennis (CVN 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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PF s »ai - y t l % » lli tt«4S Ship personnel AdouI 5,000 men comprise JCS and Its airwing Exact numbers change daily 250 Pilots and flight officers Squadron support, from maintenance to administration Hangar and flight deck crews Major aircraft maintenance Engineering Corr,Dai information center Deck department, undenway replenishment, ship ' s boats and maintenance Navigation department Air traffic controllers Food service Medical and dental Supply Electronic technicians Weapons handlers Miscellaneous Reactor personnel 1300 510 405 270 125 100 30 35 350 120 290 180 300 335 400 Flight and hangar deck crew Men working on flight and hangar decks wear Sored shirts and helmets to indicate their ,obs. y w Yellow shirts direct movement of aircraft. White shirts handle safety-related )obs. including final inspections ot airplanes. Green shirts hook planes to catapults and handle arresting wires. Purple shirts fuel planes. Brown shirts are plane captains who watch over individual planes. Blue shirts chock and chain planes into position, drive tractors that pull airplanes. Red shirts handle all weapons and ammunition Silver suits handle aircraft crashes and fires. What ' s inside Aircraft mamtgnance steeping areas Auxiliary Diese machine generator room Magazine (munitions storage) Fuel Sleeping areas How a Catapult works Shuttle track Size The length is about three football fields placed end to end. 1,092 ft. 257 ft Water brake

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i n « niB . c K • r . 1 1 -X Pkr jr jrrjy aja F IT • : f mk ■ — - duced on this type of equipment, which precisely cuts and bends large steel plates to meet design specifications. Today ' s aircraft carriers are assembled using a process called modular construc- tion. This process is very similar to work- ing with building blocks, only on a gigan- tic scale. JOHN C. STENNIS was as- sembled with these huge building blocks , called modules. These units weighed up to 900 tons each, and some were the height of a five foot story build- ing. Each module was pre-outfitted with machinery, electrical components and piping before being lifted in a giant crane and placed in a dry dock to form the ship. Advanced fabrication facili- ties and large capacity cranes allowed USS JOHN C. STENNIS to be built with greater accuracy and fewer crane lifts. In ordering material for JOHN C. STENNIS, Newport News Shipbuilding pur- chased more than 60,000 tons of struc- tural steel, over 2,000 telephones, more than 900 miles of cable and wiring and nearly 30,000 light fixtures. In al cases, the material was competitively priced, scheduled to arrive on time and manufactured to precise specifica- tions. The result of modular construc- tion techniques, computer design technology, stream lined purchasing, and lots of hard work all contribute to this efficiently built, modern and extremely capable war ship, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74). USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) ||!

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How to land Pilol knows he is on cofrect glide path i) an amber light on the deck, known as the ball, is lined up with a honzontal row of green lights. If the ball is too high, so is the plane Landing signal officer guides planes Q Plane hits deck at appfoximalely 160 niph. I Pilol immediately pushes engines to full power m case he misses the four arresting wires and needs to lake off and try again - krK)wn as the bolter Flight deck officer in charge Of people on deck. Aircraft liandler controls movement of planes on flight and hangar decks, Elevatorl Two planes at a time can be raised to flight deck level How to take off Launching and landing takes place only after the ship is fumed into the wind. Each of the four catapults can launch an FA-18 every 1 minute and 45 seconds ■ lor a total rate of at oul one plane every 30 seconds off the ship. li lissiles and bombs are armed B Plane taxis into position Planes are hooked to catapults A fully powered aircraft is held on the deck by a hold-back bar which releases when the catapult launches the plane Pilot salutes when he ' s ready to go Catapult officer touches hand to deck and poinis fonward. A bullon is pressed that releases steam at about 500 pounds per square inch into the catapult. rrow Missile During flight operations a helicopter is constantly aloft to retneve any ' men overt}oard or downed aircrew When the plane ' s lail hook catches one of the arresting wires, plane is brought to an abrupt stop within 350 ft A man signals the pilot to cut power and raise hook, then directs jet clear to be refueled. rearmed and remanned Thetwll I Yellow light appears to move up and down to alert incoming pilots whether they are loo high or too low. This shows pilot 10 be too low No 3 catapult No 4 catapult Close-in protection The Phalanx close-in weapon system B Computer-guided high-speed Gatling guns can destroy an incoming missile before it hits the carrier. They are located several places on the ship The Sea Sparrow can be employed against attacking aircraft al all tactical speeds and altitudes in all weather. The catapult A fully loaded FA-18weighs about 67,000 pounds It can be launched from a dead stop to 165 mph in the space o1 250 feel and in |ust over 2 seconds. Shuttle A wheeled car rolling on a track underneath a slot in the deck. The launch bar on the nose gear ol plane is connected to it Pistons Attached to the shuttle, they are forced fon«ard when steam from the ship ' s boilers is forced into the tubes holding them Shuttle track Water brakes Stop pistons within 5 feet Aircraft refueling stations Many are scattered around the ship. Aircraft taxi up to pumps and their tanks are filled using long hoses USSJOHNC. STENNIS (CVN-74)