On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:48:20 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

... of the USS Theodore Roosevelt transiting the Suez Canal. Gets
really hairy after nightfall.

One of the comments mentioned that the max width capacity of the canal
is 254 feet. The Roosevelt's beam is 252 feet.

http://tinyurl.com/pt487kk
My niece's daughters were on that ship for a few years ... one ET.
The other one worked in the sick bay/hospital (corpsman)