Well my slide show experiment worked for some, not for others so I am going to repost the slide show sections. There may be some duplicates.
Hanger Deck
It is huge, there is a 16 person Flight Simulator Ride as well as a movie theater.First step in Naval Aviation, a trainerHanger Bay Sliding Doors
A Douglass Dauntless fighter-bomberHeavy torpedo bomber of the type George HW Bush flew
Lower Decks
Knobs, Handles, Dials … OH MY!Steam Turbines, One High Pressure, One Low Pressure Both Feed Giant Gear Reduction Transmissions to the Propeller ShaftsBoilers Make High Pressure SteamYum, Plastic Food. Breakfast in the other line looked worse. The sign at the head of the line said “Take All You Want but Eat All You Take” When the Lexington was decommissioned in the early 90’s they were spending more than $1 million a week on food.This was the Officer’s Barber. There were three for everyone else. Nuts for KnotsAnchor Chain
Flight Deck
View from the BridgeBlue AngelF-14 Tomcat5″ Deck Guns, 15 rounds a minute!Bird on a Wire (antenna)Lots of Anti-Aircraft guns on both sidesCatapult Line
Home2 with Roger and Susan 
That ship was so large that we got lost a couple of times….thought we headed right direction, oops were not! Great visit.
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