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After decades of service, the USS Enterprise will take her final bow Friday
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| 1/31/2017
| Todd Corillo
Posted on 02/01/2017 10:49:59 AM PST by TermLimitsforAll
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To: TermLimitsforAll
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:21:05 AM PST
by
johnk
(faithful with little....)
To: TermLimitsforAll
FWIW: about 27 years ago my roommate was the Nuclear Propulsion officer on the Enterprise. Every morning he would ride his bicycle 20 miles to the base for duty. Nice guy, strong like bull. Can’t remember his name now.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:21:37 AM PST
by
lafroste
(Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
To: TermLimitsforAll
What happened to Capt. Kirk?
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:23:55 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: johnk
"...and USS Pueblo...."
Well, there's something for Trump to work on in the Future.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:25:17 AM PST
by
Paladin2
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To: VanDeKoik
Or do like the Brits:
Invincible
Ark Royal
Dreadnought
Victory
HMS Rodney
HMS King George V
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Victoria
HMS King Alfred
etc.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:25:52 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: TermLimitsforAll
God Bless the USS Enterprise. A proud ship, indeed. Always admired her beauty.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:26:25 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Paladin2
"What happened to Capt. Kirk?"
When last seen, he was departing the ship in company with some green-skinned chick ...
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:26:51 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: JPG
A friend of mine (whom I shall NOT name) has a Millenial son who actually thought that the carrier USS Enterprise was named after the TV starship, and not vice-versa.
To: TermLimitsforAll
CVN-80 will also carry the name Enterprise. Can’t have a fleet without one
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:27:04 AM PST
by
Sybeck1
To: TermLimitsforAll
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:27:58 AM PST
by
johnk
(faithful with little....)
To: johnk
bump for later viewing ...
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:29:03 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: Lopeover; rigelkentaurus
I am with you guys on this. 100%. I am a strict traditionalist on this kind of thing...
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:30:24 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: freedumb2003
Yes, it was announced recently that there will be a new USS Enterprise (CVN-80), construction to begin sometime next year, though it will be another seven or so before she is ready. Still, the USN shall not be without an ‘Enterprise’ for long.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:31:14 AM PST
by
Sasha_S
(Inside every progressive is a totalitarian yearning to be set loose)
To: johnk
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:35:53 AM PST
by
johnk
(faithful with little....)
To: lafroste
"...strong like bull..." LOL, I am having a complete and total brain cramp...I used to say it all the time, and had this vague mental image of it being said, with the tone of voice, but...I just could not bring it into focus!
I had to look online, and there is much discourse about it, but I only know it from "Something About Mary"...:)
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:37:16 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: BlueLancer
Damn. He ALWAYS gets the Green Chick...
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:38:03 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: rlmorel
The US Navy has named ships after people going all they way back to the Continental Navy.
USS Washington (1775)
USS Hancock (1775)
USS Franklin (1775)
USS Lady Washington (1776)
USS Deane (1778)
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:38:24 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: TermLimitsforAll
One of a very few (if any) ships from MY NAVY.
As a member of US Naval Historical Foundation, I rode the ‘Big(ger) E’ in 2000 or 2001 on a dependents day cruise as we were dedicating the ‘Enterprise Room’ aboard her.
I had a ‘Bridge Pass’ and the biggest thing I found - even though she was built in the 50s/60s - that the ladders had gotten steeper and the passageways were a lot narrower than ships I had served on.
FW/FS Enterprise, you will be back.....
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:39:56 AM PST
by
xrmusn
((6/98)" "If you see a civilian in cammies -- bump into him")
To: rlmorel
"Damn. He ALWAYS gets the Green Chick..."
Well, you know how it is ...
... some people prefer the lime jello to the vanilla pudding.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:40:47 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: Army Air Corps
Yes, but they didn’t name them after people like John Stennis! Or Jimmy Carter. Too political, IMO.
Washington, Hancock, Franklin...absolutely.
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posted on
02/01/2017 11:40:52 AM PST
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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