Norfolk & Portsmouth VA September 9--10

Portsmouth--Norfolk Ferry

Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower

Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower

 We were awaiting the ferry to Norfolk when lots of small patrol craft went by, and then the morning sun was blotted out.  Less than 100 feet from where we stood, the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower steamed by en route to the naval shipyard.  You could easily have thrown a baseball to it, but for the armed machine gunners lining the deck!

Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dry Dock

Naval Hospital Ship

Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk

Carrier--Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA  1830

New Weapon USS Wisconsin

Battleship USS Wisconsin

Portsmouth VA Confederate Memorial



Monumental Methodist 1772

St. Paul Catholic 1804

Court St. Baptist 1789 

 Many other ships were present at Naval Station Norfolk



Commodore Theater

Portsmouth Lightship