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To: Old Teufel Hunden; sukhoi-30mki
The only time one of our carriers was almost taken out that I know of was the fire on the Enterprise in 1969. That was caused by bombs on the flight deck.

It was the USS Forrestal not not the Enterprise that had the fire in 1967. John McCain was on the flight deck when it happened.

12 posted on 05/09/2011 7:53:46 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

The only time one of our carriers was almost taken out that I know of was the fire on the Enterprise in 1969. That was caused by bombs on the flight deck.

Doesn’t matter. A couple of years back a Chinese sub got behind one of our carriers and let us know they did.

That event was a game changer.


23 posted on 05/09/2011 8:07:38 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Paleo Conservative

The Oriskany also had a serious fire.


25 posted on 05/09/2011 8:11:10 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Paleo Conservative
John McCain was on the flight deck when it happened.

Who did he blame? Were they conservative?

38 posted on 05/09/2011 9:16:06 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

The USS ENTERPRISE also had a major fire in that same year, not as bad as the USS FORRESTAL.


51 posted on 05/09/2011 5:21:14 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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