USS Green Bay Commissioning

On January 24th I was fortunate enough to attend the commissioning of the USS Green Bay in Long Beach CA. This was the first time in many years since a ship had been commissioned in Long Beach CA.
2 Cobra helicopters came in for a fly by during the Commissioning which was an awesome sight.

Here they come:

From USS GreenBay Commissioning

and there they go....

From USS GreenBay Commissioning

And yes, there is a drastic change in cloud cover from the direction they came in from to the direction they left to. Off to the north the clouds were dark & almost ominous while to the southwest the clouds were clearing off to a very nice day.

This is the first view I could get of the ship without a ton of people around

From USS GreenBay Commissioning