Posted on 01/13/2012 10:50:16 PM PST by iowamark
What you're looking at is the deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan covered in the vehicles of Navy Sailors heading to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. At a cost of about $4.5 billion this is probably the world's most expensive parking lot.
It may seem phenomenal, but this is actually a common occurrence for the Navy and a lot cheaper and easier than transporting the vehicles almost any other way. The weight of one E-2C Hawkeye is approximately 43,000 pounds, or about 12 cars, and a Nimitz-class carrier usually carries four of those.
But more to the point, this does save the U.S. Navy money. First, the only other way to get vehicles owned by Navy sailors to their final destinations is to put them in another ship. Second, if they didn't send soldiers' vehicles they'd have to pay for transportation at the final destination. Both of which would absolutely would cost more money.
The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan recently served in Asia and was en route to Kitsap for upgrades and repairs.
I thought New York City was the most expensive place for parking....
LOL!
And, having the parking brake locked does not slow the car down atall!
PS All four tires will blowout, though.
LOL!
When I was Hangar Deck Officer in Kitty Hawk, we could always find more room!
Never had to put that sign out.
Even when it was the size of a postage stamp?!?
The cost of this parking lot is both comforting and frightening, depending on you political inclinations.
I'm in the "comforted" camp.
That is the amount that Obama and the wannabe socialists in Congress are spending every day (40% of which is borrowed money earning interest forever,) 365 days a year into the forseeable future.
The RINOS still don't get it. This is unsustainable, and the TEA Party is still right; spending it now and paying it back "someday" is a radical socialist's wet dream. Only the insane would consider that a rational compromise.
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