ATLANTIC OCEAN - A unique moment took place the evening of July 14, when USS Enterprise and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower crossed paths in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast.
Enterprise, on its way home from a regularly-scheduled seven-month deployment to the Sixth Fleet and Fifth Fleet areas of responsibility, had just picked up its crew’s family members from Mayport, Fl., for a Tiger Cruise. Eisenhower was off the Southeastern Coast conducting the largest carrier qualification in recent memory for squadrons around the country.
The common link between the two ships was Capt. Dee L. Mewbourne, Enterprise’s commanding officer (CO), who was returning home from his third deployment as CO of a carrier in three years. Mewbourne had previously commanded Eisenhower on its two deployments in 2009 and 2010.
The ships spent some time alongside each other, and photos were snapped from helicopters in the air and Sailors and their families on both ships...
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