Fleet Week, NYC 2004

Gear Demo

Navy SEAL Gear:  PJ helmet, Hydration pack, flotation vest, signal flares, dive gear and etc.

Marine weapon demo: M249, M16, pistols. 

Ship tour: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

History: USS Iwo Jima is the seventh WASP-class Amphibious Assault Ship and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. The IWO JIMA is also the Navy's third Amphibious Assault Ship designed and built from the keel up with accommodations for female sailors.

This ship is truly remarkable. We were really impressed to see all the equipment, and to hear about how all this stuff works. We especially liked the flight deck and all the aircraft / vehicles.  It was nice seeing how our tax dollars work so well.

Pictures: LCAC landing Craft in well deck, CH-46 Sea knight helicopter, CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter, AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopter, UH-1N Helicopter, LAV-25, AAV.

Ship Tour: USS ANZIO (CG-68)

History: USS ANZIO is the twenty-second vessel in the TICONDEROGA class of Aegis cruisers and the fifteenth built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. USS ANZIO Is prepared to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea in support of carrier strike groups, surface strike groups, expeditionary strike groups, and as a traditional maritime interdiction forces. She can defeat hostile surface ships, submarines, and air forces simultaneously, while delivering long range offensive land attacks. 

We were impressed by the big guns, torpedoes, and the other powerful weapons of the ship.

Pictures: MK45 MOD 1 5" Gun, MK41 VLS (vertical launch system), machine guns, torpedoes, anti-ship missiles. 

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