USS Hornet

Jeff has been wanting to visit the USS Hornet for a few months now, so we took a trip to Oakland to see it.  It is a Naval aircraft carrier involved in numerous historical events during WWII and after.  If you want to know about it's history, Wikipedia has a summary  here.  I highly recommend it! It took us two tries to make it there, but when we finally made it onto the ship, we had a fun time exploring. I was sort of freaked out after seeing a Ghost Adventures episode about it, thinking how it could be haunted ( I know, silly me!)

Here is our plethora of photos from the experience:

The USS HORNET

We ended up not taking a stroller. VERY wise choice!

Claire had so much fun with her daddy!
(in front of a Medi-copter)

Typical meal of the sailors. YUM!

Machine gun inside one of the fighter planes. So Cool!

Claire decided to go night-night in the berthing bunks.
It was too funny watching her climb in and lay down.

 My favorite part: The hospital:


Surgical room

 

eye exam room



X-ray room

Claire kept asking us to put her baby inside the planes.
Dad finally did. Look closely!

interesting quote...

Beautiful view of our city in the background.



perspective on how big the planes AND SHIP! are.