QE2 and SS United States

[peter ward]

I remember going down the river past so many 'retired' naval warships ,a veritable naval cemetary ...when I spotted the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE ! unfortunately it didn't have NCC 1710 -D  underneath its name !!

[Bob C.]

There was a huge mothball fleet just up the James River (tributary to the Elizabeth River) until the early '00's when they were all moved, sold, scrapped.  USS Enterprise is still around but not for long. She'll be decommissioned in 2013.

[Pat Curry]

USS Enterprise is still around but not for long.

Hi Bob.  Do you know how / where to get / buy detailed deck plans of USS Enterprise or any CVAs?

[Bob C.]

Good question.  I never really had any exposure to that sort of thing but since Enterprise is still in service I am thinking information on her is limited.  As for the others, you could contact the Naval Historical Center and at least get a start there.  http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/cvcvn.htm

[Twynkle]

Here's the picture as promised , we are just turning to starboard and about to dock in Norfolk Virginia in january 1976

Hi Peter
Thanks so much for posting this.
It's pretty rare to see some of QE2's foredeck from the level that you took the picture.
I love it!
Rosie

[Pat Curry]

Good question.  I never really had any exposure to that sort of thing but since Enterprise is still in service I am thinking information on her is limited.  As for the others, you could contact the Naval Historical Center and at least get a start there.  http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/cvcvn.htm

Thanks Bob.  I will give it a shot.

[Bob C.]

I saw this photo posted on Facebook by the SS United States Conservancy.  I just noticed it was posted above in reply #3 but this version has the date on the bottom.  I had a suspicion I knew when it was taken but the date confirms it.  This was the last day of my first voyage on QE2 as we pulled into Southampton.  You can see my photos of SSUS as we departed New York on 14 August 1969 and arrived in Southampton on 20 August 1969 in reply #1 above. 

QE2 spans a lot of years and a lot of history and certainly deserves to be preserved in London!

[Bob C.]

Here is link to the above photo Rob

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/235392/title/qe226amp-3b-united-states/cat/520

Anyone have an updated link to this photo?  Ships Nostalgia has reorganized their photos and it's no longer at the above link.  I am currently going through each of the 1704 pages of passenger ships to find it.  It's not the best way but the site's search feature does not really make for a more efficient method.

[Rob Lightbody]

Anyone have an updated link to this photo?  Ships Nostalgia has reorganized their photos and it's no longer at the above link.  I am currently going through each of the 1704 pages of passenger ships to find it.  It's not the best way but the site's search feature does not really make for a more efficient method.

Can you describe it a bit?  I tried doing a Google Site Search on that website, but didn't find a photo with the 2 ships together.

There's a nice photo in Reply #3 on this topic.

[Bob C.]

That's the photo, Rob.  There is a version with just the two ships and another one with the same shot but annotated on the bottom as follows:

"SS United States & RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
Arriving in Southampton, August 20, 1969
Photo by J.K. Byass, Courtesy & Copyright @ Barney Byass"

I'm looking for the annotated version.  I had a copy but lost it in the transition to my new computer. I have a copy now but it contains the QE2 Story watermark.  I was looking to see if the Ships Nostalgia site still had a copy without the watermark.

I'm on page 180 of 1704 pages of passenger ship photos and have not yet found it.  It has been a great tour of some really historic and interesting ships though!  Modern day cruise ships have nothing on the old school ones!

[Bob C.]

Found it!

https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/qe2-united-states.231431/