USS Theodore Roosevelt anchored off coast of Hampshire because it was 'too big ' to dock at Portsmouth dockyard . Comment: Thousands of spectators lined banks of River Solent to welcome the aircraft carrier before it heads to Middle East .
USS Theodore Roosevelt anchored off coast of Hampshire because it was 'too big ' to dock at Portsmouth dockyard . Giant U.S. aircraft carrier , which measures 1,092ft in length , docked off Stokes Bay in Gosport for five-day UK vist . Thousands of spectators lined banks of River Solent to welcome the aircraft carrier before it heads to Middle East .