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| Retired Carrier (USS America) Sunk Off Atlantic Coast |
| 2005-05-21 |
| Posted by:ed |
| #15 Couldn't we have changed the name of the carrier instead of the type? Going from Nuclear to Oil fire Steamed over the name seems stupid. |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-05-21 22:49 |
| #14 SH - saved me time, thx. Good thing our carriers didn't ski or drive campaign helpers home, no? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-21 22:45 |
| #13 Frank, the Reagan probably is - I have dated myself. I knew they were looking at that as some of the Russian ships were supposedly proof against a torpedo attack. The JFK is newer and was designed as a nuke. The Kennedy family desired not to be associated with nuclear power so the JFK instead was oil fired. (Funny how nuclear is now acceptable to some greens.) |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-05-21 22:27 |
| #12 America was a Kitty Hawk-class, with conventional power plant. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-05-21 19:59 |
| #11 I thought the America was oil fired steam. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-21 19:05 |
| #10 the JFK might have given good data on the De Gaulle, though ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-21 18:58 |
| #9 They wanted data on how to improve the design, the JFK wouldn't give them any data they didn't already have. |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-05-21 18:37 |
| #8 The America was a nuke wasn't it? The JFK is oil fired and older. Why didn't they drop the JFK? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-05-21 18:07 |
| #7 I'd assumed all new ones (the Reagan) were already...guess I'll have to do my research, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-21 17:54 |
| #6 We will see the results in the next carrier. Will it be double-hulled? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-05-21 17:38 |
| #5 yep - how many/much shots does it take... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-21 17:32 |
| #4 No they wanted data ... with very few observers. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-05-21 17:15 |
| #3 6000 Ft down and 60 Miles off the coast - guess they didn't want it as a dive attraction or reef |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-21 15:12 |
| #2 Wow. I figured the Charles de Gaulle would be the first. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-05-21 15:10 |
| #1 When's Zarqawi going to claim credit for this? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-21 12:07 |