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Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier After Ford (CVN-21)
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Posted on 01/03/2007 5:02:20 PM PST by BladeLWS

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CVN-21

USS Gerald R. Ford

1 posted on 01/03/2007 5:02:21 PM PST by BladeLWS
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To: BladeLWS

Didn't Rumsfeld just say that the Navy was considering naming the next carrier after Ford. There is a veterans group that wants it named "America"


2 posted on 01/03/2007 5:05:05 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
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To: BladeLWS

Right On!


3 posted on 01/03/2007 5:06:11 PM PST by cmsgop ( How do we know he's NOT Mel Torme?)
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To: BladeLWS

Insert obligatory GM joke here...


4 posted on 01/03/2007 5:07:05 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: BladeLWS

Thanks to the liberal news media who ran rough-shod over conservatives in the 70's, Ford was easily the most under-appreciated president of my lifetime.


5 posted on 01/03/2007 5:07:24 PM PST by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: bnelson44

Already have a CV America, though in mothballs.


6 posted on 01/03/2007 5:07:43 PM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: BladeLWS

I had no idea there was still another CVN under construction????


7 posted on 01/03/2007 5:08:19 PM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: BladeLWS

I think we should consider another Midway to honor those who turned the tide.

V/R,


8 posted on 01/03/2007 5:09:44 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Your thread wish came true!


9 posted on 01/03/2007 5:10:42 PM PST by PRND21
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To: BladeLWS
Ford served in the Navy during World War II.

Even more significantly, he served on an aircraft carrier.

10 posted on 01/03/2007 5:11:30 PM PST by reg45
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To: BladeLWS
Design work on the new generation aircraft carrier program, CVN 21, is underway at Northrop Grumman Newport News with the full construction contract anticipated in 2007.


11 posted on 01/03/2007 5:13:50 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup

Holy high res image batman!

Now we just need a stern view with Gerald R. Ford on it!


12 posted on 01/03/2007 5:15:35 PM PST by BladeLWS
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To: capt. norm

Ford was undoubtedly the best President in the 70s.


13 posted on 01/03/2007 5:19:09 PM PST by steveyp
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To: BladeLWS

Ping for later


14 posted on 01/03/2007 5:19:53 PM PST by unkus
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To: BladeLWS

When Bill Clinton pegs, will they name a bathysphere the USS Monica Lewinsky?


15 posted on 01/03/2007 5:20:46 PM PST by Popocatapetl
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To: capt. norm

Anyone have an idea what type boat would be named after Clinton? I suggest a garbage scow in the Vietnamese Navy.


16 posted on 01/03/2007 5:21:12 PM PST by unkus
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To: AZRepublican

The USS America was sunk on May 20, 2005. She was used as a test platform to develop better structural and damage control assets.


17 posted on 01/03/2007 5:21:30 PM PST by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: Billthedrill
lol...
18 posted on 01/03/2007 5:22:00 PM PST by HoosierHawk
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To: AZRepublican
Actually the ex-USS America was scuttled off of Virgina on May 14, 2005 following its use in explosive tests.
19 posted on 01/03/2007 5:22:27 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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To: rlmorel

Bah, you beat me too it. :-)


20 posted on 01/03/2007 5:22:56 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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