Billy Wardle Happenings

Spring Break 2022 With the San Diego Package we decided to go on the bay cruise.  This included seeing the San Diego skyline, and the Navy operations in the bay.  The depth of the bay had to be dredged and the material was placed strategically to allow for recreation.  We had a fun time floating and taking pictures.  Coronado Island is really not and island as it connects at one point.  Most of the Navy fleet is moored on the other side of the bridge but the aircraft carriers are too tall to get under the bridge.  There was lots of helicopter activity--both Navy and Marine. old ship, still used once a year to show it still works Small Barge for Navy Seal practice.  We saw the Navy seals getting ready with their motorized rafts. Mission Bay A science vessel seal on the dock Nuclear Submarine Cabrillo Point Coronado Island Navy Base aircraft carrier Coronado Bridge

Spring Break 2022 The USS Midway was decommissioned and turned into a museum in San Diego.  It did not actually serve at the battle of Midway but was named for the battle.  It actually missed WWII being commissioned in 1945.  However it served in Korea, Vietnam, and was the lead ship in the First Gulf War.  On its deck are two take off runways.  The hangar is below deck with three elevators to get the planes ready.  I felt the highlight of the visit was the theater where was presented the story of the Battle of Midway.  However many other things were fascinating.  I liked the radar room as my father served in a radar room during WWII.  There was a room which presented the history of the helicopter.  The anchors are very large.  There were two of them.  We did the tour below deck and above deck in the control tower which was very interesting.  In the hangar and on deck were planes of many different types.  There was a ...