LOL. Guess "Bold" for being marines from the sea and "Alligator" for being amphibious.

I'm trying to think what a Bold Alligator might look like.. It did make me chuckle a little. No disrespect meant to all that participated though.

Yes, you got to love the look of these "bird farms".

Great shot, such a "classic" aircraft carrier angle photo :-)

USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH CVN77
Name: USS George H.W. Bush
Namesake: George H. W. Bush
Ordered: 26 January 2001
Awarded: 26 January 2001
Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News
Cost: $6.2 billion
Laid down: 6 September 2003
Sponsored by: Dorothy Bush Koch
Christened: 7 October 2006
Launched: 9 October 2006
Commissioned: 10 January 2009
Homeport: NS Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Motto: Freedom at Work
Nickname(s): Avenger
Status: In active service, as of 2017
General characteristics:
Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Ronald Reagan subclass
Displacement: 102,000 long tons (114,000 short tons)
Length: Overall: 1,092feet (332.8m)
Waterline: 1,040feet (317.0m)
Beam: Overall: 252ft (76.8m)
Waterline: 134ft (40.8m)
Draft: Maximum navigational: 37feet (11.3m)
Limit: 41feet (12.5m)
Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines, 4 × shafts, 260,000shp (194MW)
Speed: 30+knots (56+km/h; 35+mph)
Range: Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement: Ship's company: 3,200, air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems:
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49A(V)1 2-D air search radar
SPQ-9B fire control radar
2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars
SPN-43C air traffic control radar
SPN-41 instrument landing system radar
3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
Armament:
2 × Mk 29 ESSM launcher
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
3 (or 4) × Phalanx CIWS
Armor: 2.5in (64mm) Kevlar over vital spaces
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

Thanks, due to the way the channel bends, at one point the ships are pointed straight at Fort Monroe when approaching the Hampton Roads area before bearing off to pass it.

WOW! Steven that's a lot of ship. Great angle.