Havent' seen it posted yet - CVN 65 was deactivated today, but SecNav Mabus announced CVN 80 will be called Enterprise.
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make sure history never forgets... the name... Enterprise
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make sure history never forgets... the name... Enterprise
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Mabus might finally have saved his own neck on the naming scandals. Been 67 years, two months and sixteen days since CV-6 returned home to New York City and the fate of the most inglorious scrapping in US naval history that waited her.
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Now the Navy needs to tell Congress to fuck off when Congress tries introducing a bill to rename CVN-80.
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51 Years? Holy shit, I knew she was active for a long time, but not that long.
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Good on them to have CVN-80 carry the name. As long as they don't fuck with it. CVN-65 served well.
Apparently Bill Shatner was set to attend the ceremony, but cancelled.
Apparently Bill Shatner was set to attend the ceremony, but cancelled.
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She was so old USS Constitution was older in commissioned service. The navy started building her and cruiser Long Beach as soon as USS Nautilus proved nuclear power at sea. I think the oldest commissioned ship is now USS Blue Ridge, commissioned in 1970, and intended to last as long as 70 years, though she's also a much rebuilt command ship and doesn't do that much. All CVNs are now being expected to last 50 years in service.
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From the Navy Blog about decommissioning CVN-65 and announcing the name of CVN-80
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The blog is is wrong on the reactor count, as the Soviet nuclear powered icebreaker Lenin the first nuclear powered surface ship ever launched and commissioned, had three reactors as built. Triple shaft too. Minor issues concerning core meltdowns and coolant leaks led to her being rebuilt in the late 1960s with two new ones.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
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That's a poor choice of words. DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. Maybe it's unintentionally honest?
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Wow, I noticed this just now. That's really weird, I wonder what they wanted to say by this.Stark wrote:That's a poor choice of words. DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. Maybe it's unintentionally honest?
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