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Sad to see the Big E scrapped.

15 posted on 08/21/2022 2:43:49 PM PDT by Mat_Helm

Next thing you know the geniuses will be scrapping the USS Missouri and Constitution.

30 posted on 08/21/2022 3:39:28 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)

Another Big E is on the way...

CVN-80 is being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. The first cut of steel ceremony, marking the beginning of fabrication of the ship's components, was held on 21 August 2017, with ship's sponsors Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles present. Construction began in advance of the purchase contract and construction award, in early 2018. Steel from CVN-65 will be recycled and used in the construction of CVN-80. Enterprise will also incorporate four portholes taken from CV-6, her World War II predecessor. Enterprise will replace USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and is scheduled to be launched in November 2025, with a planned delivery date of March 2028.

The keel was laid on 5 April 2022, three weeks ahead of schedule, making the ship about 13% complete.

35 posted on 08/21/2022 4:05:08 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)

“Sad to see the Big E scrapped”

I read somewhere that they planned to keep the island intact as a museum piece somewhere.

51 posted on 08/21/2022 6:04:02 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying To All.)

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