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To: Robe

I also hope they put the "cotter pins" on the props this time!!!<<

You've GOT to be joking...did they really?

DK


18 posted on 03/09/2006 7:54:06 PM PST by Dark Knight
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To: Dark Knight

Well maybe a little.. she lost a prop on her shakedown.. and a couple of times later on, she had to be towed back to port at least twice due to losing both propellers


21 posted on 03/09/2006 8:04:04 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Dark Knight
Their carrier dropped, as in complete lost, a propeller on its first long voyage.

The flight deck was too short to safely recover the E-2 Hawkeye aircraft they bought to use on that specific ship. The run out on the arresting gear was too long, leaving the nose gear precariously close to the edge of the deck.

26 posted on 03/09/2006 8:48:12 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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