Great Ship. Still a shame to this day, that Bush 41 did not get a second term IMO.
Thank you for starting this thread.
Old Sea Dog
When does construction begin on the USS Clinton?
Le Corbusier counted ship building as architecture just as much as buildings sitting on dry ground. He prized functionality, and this is total functionality.
Thanks, Jeff! I hope they show this on Fox. I love the ceremonies surrounding the christening of a ship, and this one has sentimental value for many of us.
So Ole Slick doesn't get a Nimitz named for him?
Is the Reagan also Nimitz Class?
Thanks Jeff ~ Go Navy!!
AWESOME!
I can still remember the ceremony when the USS Ronald Reagan was brought to life and watching all those sailors go running onto the USS Reagan to take their positions.
Thanks Jeff ~ Go Navy!!
Ironic, isn't it? Bush 41 is the one who started the big downward slide in defense spending, IIRC. For giving national defense the finger, he gets a carrier named after him.
It's funny -- the pictures don't really give an idea of the size of this thing, until you find something to give it scale. For example, there's an 8-foot stepladder in the bottom pic, at the bottom of the bow.... That ship is f****ing huge!
I would love to go to that. I served on two of those, Nimitz and Eisenhower. Did an overhaul period in Newport News on Ike, where I got to walk underneath the ship while in drydock.
They are huge!!!!
BTW, I also did a tour on the JFK during my 20 year Navy career.
She commissions in 2008. Just in time to replace the Kennedy and the Kittyhawk
Excellent news. Jeff, how is the next carrier class(I think the CVX?) going to be differant than the nimitz class?
I wish they would hang that "Mission Accomplished" banner on the front of it and keep it there for good.
For whatever complaints one might have against him, I think at the very, very least, GW did accomplish the significant mission of getting us to start fighting back in a war that was declared against us a long time ago -- a very serious war that claimed the lives of a lot of innocent people and brave US soldiers, even before 9/11.
To wit; how long before the ACLU sues the gubmint to stop the "Christening" of ships and boats. You know darn well that sooner or later they'll dig up some Atheist, Jewish or Wiccan sailor who will 'feel offended' that he has to serve on a ship that was "Christened".
(Bet its sooner than later)
Ping!!!
Can't they just name all our aircraft carriers after Ronald Reagan?
Discovery Channel HD has an episode of Extreme Engineering featuring this carrier. I just saw it last week.