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Back in April the camera club went to the USS Midway Museum for our monthly outing. The USS Midway (CV-41) is an aircraft carrier that was under construction during the latter stages of WWII and was not commissioned until eight days after the end of the war in September 1945, then spent the next 47 years on active duty until being decommissioned in April 1992. Here's a link to more info on the Midway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)

Having spent a hitch in the Navy, most of it stationed on an aircraft carrier (USS Constellation CV-64), this is a subject I have a little bit of experience with.
An aircraft carrier is a floating city with it's own airport. Total population between ships company and air wing is around 5k and 70-75 aircraft. Like most city's on dry land, the Constellation included a post office, bank, doctors and dentists, a radio and tv station, library, chapel, barber shop and gym.

Shipboard life 101 (there will be a closed book test on this next week).
A short primer: terminology; onboard ship, floors are called decks, walls are bulkheads and the ceilings are overheads. No matter how large or small the diameter, there is no rope onboard a ship. It's always referred to as line. There are no kitchens. Meals are prepared in the galley. Officers eat in the wardroom. Enlisted eat on the mess deck. Drinking fountains (yes, there are drinking fountains all over the ship) are known as a scuttlebutt.
How to tell Port from Starboard. If you are standing at the aft/stern of the boat/ship looking forward to the pointy end of the boat/ship, Port is on your left and Starboard is on your right. Conversely, if you are at the pointy end looking aft, Port is on your right and Starboard is on your left.
Basic difference between a boat and a ship. A boat can be carried by a larger vessel, a ship cannot.

Length 1001 ft. Beam 121 ft. Draft 34.5 ft. Displacement 45000 tons.

Engine revolution indicator

The steering wheel

Before GPS and the internet

Shipboard communication. The gray box with the speaker grill is part of the PA system known as the 1MC

Rank has it's privileges. Where the captain sleeps

Where the enlisted crew sleep

Ships galley

You need a few big pots to make mashed potatoes for 5000

Breakfast is ready. Enlisted crew get to eat off of stainless steel trays.

No stainless steel trays for officers. Senior officer wardroom