Posted on 10/13/2024 7:48:45 AM PDT by Jacquerie
When the Navy was established, the National Guard was already 139 years old, and had fought the first combat of the Revolutionary war at Lexington and Concord.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world
Irrelevant.
Yes....🧐🙁🥴...ughh...God Bless America for having a better navy than that bunch of rust buckets! Lol
braggart...😉
Not This Guy’s Navy of some 30 years ago either...but it can rise again.
Trump should de-integrate combatant vessels (men only).
The 2012 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan called for the Kaisers to be replaced by 17 double-hulled vessels under the T-AO(X) program.[12]
John Lewis (T-AO-205) [A]
Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) [A][13]
Earl Warren (T-AO-207) [P] - under construction
Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO-208) [P] - under construction
Lucy Stone (T-AO-209) [P] - on order
Sojourner Truth (T-AO-210) [P] - on order
Thurgood Marshall (T-AO-211) [P] - on order
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (T-AO-212) [P] - on order
Fleet Replenishment Oilers
USNS Big Horn
USNS John Ericsson
USNS Leroy Grumman
USNS Guadalupe
USNS Joshua Humphreys
USNS Henry J. Kaiser
USNS Kanawha
USNS Laramie
USNS John Lenthall
USNS John Lewis
USNS Harvey Milk
USNS Patuxent
USNS Pecos
USNS Rappahannock
USNS Tippecanoe
USNS Earl Warren
USNS Yukon
i stand corrected
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4267018/posts
Perfect Biden-HARRIS Metaphor:
Only
Navy Oiler in ME
Runs Aground, Springs Leaks.
so that carrier groupe is in a bad situation.
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https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-09-24/usns-big-horn-15286129.html
...The USNS Big Horn is one of 15 replenishment oilers
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-09-24/usns-big-horn-15286129.html
Source - Stars and Stripes
While three
new John Lewis-class oilers
have been delivered,
they have not yet
entered service.
Three are under construction
and
three more are under contract,
according to the Navy.
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so
15 total
1 grounded
3 delivered , not entered service
3 being built
3 to be built
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