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To: PAR35
So there will be two Atlantic carriers in service instead of one, assuming the Kennedy is discarded.

I'm not swearing to this but IIRC KENNEDY is and has been ever since I can remember out of Mayport Florida and still in service. She did do some reserve training status time in the 1990's but I think she still remained in Mayport even then. Back in 1980 the Navy decided to swap AMERICA and KENNEDY home ports. The crew was told to start considering making re-location plans for family etc.

The last word I heard before I got out in Oct 80 was AMERICA was going to Mayport as home port. That order after I got out was quickly rescinded likely for political reasons.

96 posted on 01/23/2006 7:28:04 PM PST by cva66snipe
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My comment was directed to the fact that the navy canceled the Kennedy's scheduled COH and announced plans to prematurely decommission the ship in 2006. There has been a push to move one of the Virginia based ships down to Florida to take the Kennedy's place, but I haven't kept up with recent developments.


97 posted on 01/23/2006 8:02:52 PM PST by PAR35
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