Posted on 07/19/2015 4:45:11 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Depends on how you define 'major'. Or to use the term the navy uses for the 273, 'deployable'. I expect they are counting a number of ships that would require significant work or training before they were actually deployed.
Good movie. Hadn’t thought about p51’s needing b29 mother ship for navigation, saving fuel reserves and also using the same safety net of rescue.
the logistics of one such raid on Japan is just staggering
but, the Marianas were captured and then, they just did it
I’m pretty sure I watched it on YouTube.
You’re right - it’s a fantastic film.
Agreed, but readiness is a very different subject, leads us into "sequestration" and other such Obamanations, which positively I don't want to go there.
Hopefully, reason and light will again prevail after the 2016 elections.
But one good thing we can count on -- it's much cheaper & quicker to restore existing ships/planes/tanks/etc. to mission-ready condition than it is to build new ones...
Some googling confirmed the nickname, but I couldn't find a site explaining it.
Looking up meanings for "maru" turns up only one meaning of the term that might apply - it is often attached to Japanese ship names.
During the interwar years, Nevada mostly served in the Pacific Fleet. So, I'm speculating, but the nickname may have meant the Old Ship. It certainly was that, having been laid down in 1912.
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