.....; Posted on 08/17/2014 9:23:43 AM PDT by virgil283
"The USS Enterprise, a Navy ship stationed in Virginia, is slowly being taken apart.
According to The Daily Press, the ship's 'inactivation' is being handled in Newport News. The Enterprise was active between 1962 and 2012 - and is 'the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier,' The Press said.A ninth USS Enterprise will eventually be built and may include parts of the eighth ship being disassembled, the newspaper said.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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You said it !
Work is crazy, but...its work!
When they say powerful, I laughed. I remember the rooster tail she made as they headed South from Cuba... and I followed her in 1968 in the South China Sea, on a WW2 era Fram2 Tin Can (USS Perkins). I don't know her true speed, but she was FAST!!!
Supersonic Lowq Altitude Missile
For those of us who didn’t serve they’re pretty impressive to tour!
“Actually I think there was a nuclear aircraft if not actually built it was on the drawing board. Long range bomber I believe.”
They did some testing with a nuclear powered aircraft but it had only one ‘nuclear engine’. Piston engines provide the main thrust.
“Well at least unlike superheated you might see a leak.”
Except it becomes superheated when at atmospheric pressure.
Shhhhhhh!
It's classified!
The Sunfish was powered by the WIND.
What would really have been awesome would be the Enterprise next to the Constitution, which is also stationed in Boston Harbor.
That would have indeed been AWESOME!
The Tall Ships were quite a sight though, and the USS Constitution was a part of that!
Ah..those were the days, were they not?
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