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To: CORedneck

>>> the USS Jimmy Carter, this is another ship I would not want to serve on !

In fairness the Navy made the best of a bad situation there. Having a full sized nuclear carrier named for a former president has become one of the retirement perks of the job. You can bet the next carrier after the Ford will be the Clinton.

The Navy pulled a slick end-run around this situation by using Carter’s submarine service as an excuse to avoid fifty years of the CVN Jimmy Carter. A submarine has half the lifespan, and by definition will spend most of it’s active service out of sight and unmentioned.


36 posted on 04/13/2010 9:49:11 PM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb

Oh, yikes! What about the current Oval Office Resident?


38 posted on 04/13/2010 10:04:31 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: tlb
The Navy pulled a slick end-run around this situation by using Carter’s submarine service as an excuse to avoid fifty years of the CVN Jimmy Carter. A submarine has half the lifespan, and by definition will spend most of it’s active service out of sight and unmentioned.

And hopefully as boats are mothballed, this is the first to spend her days in Bremerton rather than active or being re-commissioned for some new duty.

47 posted on 04/14/2010 11:43:32 AM PDT by llevrok (Resistance Now.)
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