USS George H.W. Bush Under Construction (photos)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 11/01/06

[TigerLikesRooster]

At first, you see nothing but X's. To see the images, follow the instructions in the following. Go to the original link and come back using the back button. The original site has the protection mechansim which bars a third party from displaying their images via links unless the site has been visited first.

Click the following link and then click the back button on the browser menu at the top

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Again click the following link and then click the back button on the browser menu at the top

http://brd3.chosun.com/brd/view.html?tb=BEMIL085&pn=2&num=77635

Once again click the following link and then click the back button on the browser menu at the top

http://brd3.chosun.com/brd/view.html?tb=BEMIL085&pn=2&num=77636

[battlegearboat]

POTUS 41's favorite barbeque is Otto's barbeque on Memorial Drive.

Of course, I've saw him and Bar at Jim Goode's on Kirby once.

That magnificent birdfarm better have ribs on Tuesday and chicken on Thursday with links and brisket available 24/7 and it should carry a six month blended supply of seasoned hickory, pecan and mesquite wood for proper smoking.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I represented my company at the subcontractors' kick off meeting. I remember two things: First guy up was safety. His biggest concern was laser pointers. No laser pointers in the shipyard. They got 100,000 tons sitting on wooden blocks, high pressure nuclear reactors, 1000's of volts of jury rigged electrical power connections, high power radars, overhead cranes lofting high rise buildings, but the biggest threat was laser pointers. Okie-dokie.

The other thing was some kind of manager who put up a schedule and sez "We launch on the equinox high tide. No one's got a waiver since Joshua. If you're not done on schedule, you will finish integration at sea, at your own cost." I got the impression he meant it.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I am sure that some lawyers made a big hassle out of it.:-)

[Toby06]

OK, it's being built at newporet News, not Hyundai or anywhere else overseas.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I'm not so sure that it was lawyers. At the time of that meeting in August 2001, the Navy didn't want another carrier, especially another Nimitz Class. NorthrupGrumman was using political muscle to get it built. The whole enterprise was suffused with an aura of unreality. I thought the main hazard was paper cuts.

Osama transformed reality.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Newport News, Virgina. Don't get caught on the street after dark.