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To: Pukin Dog
The Navy does not want or need it, but NATO could make very good use of that vessel...

As a what? Dockside barracks? She's 40 years old and worn out. She never had a SLEP upgrade. Manning her with airwing would take about 5000 men and women. In order to staff the air wing the UK would have to triple the size of their Fleet Air Arm. The NATO countries have no need for a carrier this size and would be nuts to fall for this.

If we don't want or need her then decommission her and park her next to the America.

202 posted on 05/17/2006 5:36:46 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
As a what? Dockside barracks? She's 40 years old and worn out. She never had a SLEP upgrade. Manning her with airwing would take about 5000 men and women. In order to staff the air wing the UK would have to triple the size of their Fleet Air Arm. The NATO countries have no need for a carrier this size and would be nuts to fall for this. If we don't want or need her then decommission her and park her next to the America.

Not flaming or anything just curious you do know where the AMERICA is parked now don't you? It sure ain't at Philly. The Kitty Hawk is the oldest KH Class between KH, CONSTELLATION, and AMERICA the JFK the newest and her own class. ENTERPRISE is between the Connie and AMERICA in age. Someone screwed up on the early 90's rotations and AMERICA missed her SLEP.

None of the rumors about her were true. Not the converted nuke, not the thin hull, none of it. She was built as solid as the Kitty Hawk itself. Heck even the ENTERPRISE took a much rougher beating {Major Fire} than the AMERICA or KENNEDY. The JFK is another matter and could have possibly been a nuke on paper and changed as she was the only Kennedy class carrier.

I can give you more info on the AMERICA in private if you want. I can say this much the Navy was bent on sinking her as quickly as possible and no reasonable or logical answers were ever given as to why either. Plenty of persons tried to obtain them too.

236 posted on 05/17/2006 11:15:38 AM PDT by cva66snipe (If it was wrong for Clinton why do some support it for Bush? Party over nation destroys the nation.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Actually, if Taiwan received it they'd only be manning it with 5000 MEN, saving the costs of the dual fitted heads, day care centers, illegitimate-birthing subsidies, etc. that the US Navy is forced to maintain.


250 posted on 05/31/2006 8:37:12 AM PDT by Reagan 76
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