Japan to Harbor Nuclear-Powered Carrier

AP ^ | Oct. 27, 2005 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

[Americanwolf]

I stand corrected I looked up the Big E and she is a nuke...

[Jeff Head]

The Enterprise is only a few months older than the Kitty Hawk itself. She is scheduled for retirement in 2013, when the first CVN-21 comes on board. At that point, she will have served faithfully for...52 years!

[Jeff Head]

She was the first nuclear powered carrier.

[COEXERJ145]

The original plan was for the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy to replace the Kitty Hawk in Japan but the Kennedy is going to be decommissioned fairly soon.

[Americanwolf]

much to my shame I noticed that when I went to the web page for her...


I seem to have this loyalty to the Nimitz for some reason.. :)

[A.A. Cunningham]

She was the first nuke carrier and has eight reactors.

[GATOR NAVY]

...the USS Kitty Hawk, a diesel-powered carrier.

I caught that immediately and I was reading this in the Virginian-Pilot, a Navy town (Norfolk) newspaper. Idiots.

This is big news. My wife is from Sasebo and remembers the riots there when Enterprise pulled in in the late '60s.

For those speculating which carrier it will be, my guess it will be the most recently refueled one at the time of transfer, in order to maximize the time it will be available until next overhaul.

[PAR35]

For those speculating which carrier it will be, my guess it will be the most recently refueled one at the time of transfer, in order to maximize the time it will be available until next overhaul.

I think that would be the Vinson. I can't find a current chart, but I don't think the Roosevelt will be finished by then.

Or, as is the case now, the oldest, most expendible unit, since it will be most likely taken out in a Chinese first strike. That would be the Enterprise, although I think it just finished up a RCOH.

[PAR35]

A nice addition to your carrier pages would be a chart showing the RCOH schedule. I used to refer to the one on the FAS pages, but it has gotten badly out of date. I can extrapolate, but with the Kennedy COH cancelled, I really can't be sure what the new schedule is, and I don't know where to find one easily.

[PAR35]

She was the first nuclear powered carrier.

They adapted a batch of submarine reactors for the job. A lot cheaper and more reliable than building from scratch.

[Ronin]

I'll put my money on the Reagan. Ronnie is very well thought of here in Japan -- well as much as any American President is.

Also, by putting one of the newest and best carriers here in Japan it will send a strong message to both Japan and China on how seriously the U.S. takes the relationship.

[Ronin]

Well, the boilers of the Kitty Hawk are fired by DFM (diesel fuel marine) so I guess that in a way you can say that the ship is diesel-powered.

Granted, no sailor or engineer of any sort would think so, but civvie editors are as dumb as rocks.

[Ronin]

I can still remember that weird island structure she came out with. Grand old lady indeed.

[PAR35]

I would have missed that question on the final. I did a quick check, and the boilers were converted in the 1970s.

[rmlew]

I suggest that we do not send over DDG-97, the USS Halsey.
I seem to remember some comment he made upon steaming back into Pearl Habor the day after the attack " Before we are through with them, the Japanese language will only be spoken in hell."

[mad_as_he$$]

Hey Jeff! I was recently at Naval Station Newport, RI. Both the Forrestal and the Saratoga are there. Took some pics. Sorry but weather was New England and camera was not first line one. Feel free to use them if you desire. They are posted at:

http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee86/desertdog7788/