Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

USS Jimmy Carter to Be Commissioned
ABC NEWS ^ | February 19th 2005 | MATT associated Press

Posted on 02/19/2005 6:44:12 AM PST by LauraleeBraswell

The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy's fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built, and as the last of the Seawolf class of attack subs that the Pentagon ordered during the Cold War's final years.

The $3.2 billion Jimmy Carter will be commissioned Saturday, signaling the end of an era in submarining and more uncertain times for the multibillion-dollar industry.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: humor; jimmycarter; submarine; usn; uss; ussjimmycarter
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-70 next last
I just don't know what to say.
1 posted on 02/19/2005 6:44:17 AM PST by LauraleeBraswell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy's fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built

Maybe Jimmy can use it to block the Panama Canal.

2 posted on 02/19/2005 6:45:32 AM PST by beyond the sea (Barbara Boxer is Barbra Streisand on peyote .....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell

I here it has some swell screen doors on the conning tower.....


3 posted on 02/19/2005 6:46:41 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
Understand the logo is a a rabbit, the motto I s I will get you you kwazy rabbit.

Lord help the sailors that serve on board that boat.

4 posted on 02/19/2005 6:47:10 AM PST by dts32041 (When did the Democratic party stop being the political arm of the KKK?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dts32041


Did the Navy run out of names or something?


5 posted on 02/19/2005 6:48:05 AM PST by LauraleeBraswell ( CONSERVATIVE FIRST-Republican second.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy's fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built

The joke is on Jimmuh. Somewhere some submarine-namers are laughing thier *sses off and high-fiving each other for their mastery of irony.

6 posted on 02/19/2005 6:48:40 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("remember, from ashes you came, to ashes you will return.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
The USS William Clinton on Fleet Day in New York.


7 posted on 02/19/2005 6:49:16 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell

Thank God they didn't name it Amy.


8 posted on 02/19/2005 6:50:20 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
Maybe they should sell it to the French.
9 posted on 02/19/2005 6:53:40 AM PST by Ukiapah Heep (Shoes for Industry!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
Next they will rebuild the twin towers in honor of Ward Churchill
10 posted on 02/19/2005 6:53:57 AM PST by redfreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: beyond the sea
My father just brought up the point that

The Democrats were constantly calling Ronald Regan stupid during his term. But Jimmy Carter- that man was so smart.
11 posted on 02/19/2005 6:54:04 AM PST by LauraleeBraswell ( CONSERVATIVE FIRST-Republican second.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Kozak

LOL


12 posted on 02/19/2005 6:54:07 AM PST by Arpege92 (Mr. Kerry, you are a jerk!" - Pat Sajak)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Kozak

And the "M" stands for?


13 posted on 02/19/2005 6:54:08 AM PST by ProudVet77 (rabid, right wing attack dog blogger)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
Did the Navy run out of names or something?

The Navy isn't stupid, good public relations are part of the game. They named the Carter and the Truman during Democrat administrations. A Republican comes in and bingo, we suddenly have a USS George H.W. Bush. Now that every second-rate president gets his own ship then the next Democrat president will preside over the building and launching of USS William Clinton. Bank on that.

14 posted on 02/19/2005 6:54:48 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ProudVet77
And the "M" stands for?

Monica

15 posted on 02/19/2005 6:55:25 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Eric in the Ozarks

You couldn't build this ship for peanuts


16 posted on 02/19/2005 6:56:58 AM PST by mict42
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
I think it's disgraceful that this nation would name any military vessel after the weakest President in history. It's like naming a weightlifting gym after Woody Allen.
17 posted on 02/19/2005 6:58:13 AM PST by CurlyBill (The difference between Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas is a mere 15 years.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LauraleeBraswell
Let's get the important stuff on the table.
The $3.2 billion Jimmy Carter will be commissioned Saturday, signaling the end of an era in submarining and more uncertain times for the multibillion-dollar industry.
This statement is garbage. The Virginia class has ended the "uncertain times" for the sumbmarine industry. EB in Quonset/Groton have 3 brand new orders. The uncertain time was the Seawolf period.
The ever accurate ABC network.
18 posted on 02/19/2005 6:59:12 AM PST by ProudVet77 (rabid, right wing attack dog blogger)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #19 Removed by Moderator

To: ProudVet77
And the "M" stands for?

I think thats where the stack gets serviced....
20 posted on 02/19/2005 7:02:31 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-70 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson