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Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier After Ford (CVN-21)
Forbes ^
Posted on 01/03/2007 5:02:20 PM PST by BladeLWS
The Navy will name its next aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in honor of the president who was buried Wednesday in his home town of Grand Rapids, Mich., officials said.
The Navy had not planned to make the announcement yet, but Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary who served in the Ford administration, divulged the news during his eulogy at the funeral.
"How fitting it would be that the name Gerald R. Ford will patrol the high seas for decades to come in defense of the nation he loved so much," he said.
Later at the Pentagon the Navy confirmed that it would make an official announcement "in a few weeks." It said it was still working on details of the ceremony with members of the Ford family.
Ford served in the Navy during World War II.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cvn21; cvn78
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CVN-21
USS Gerald R. Ford
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:02:21 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
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"
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:05:05 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
To: BladeLWS
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:06:11 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( How do we know he's NOT Mel Torme?)
To: BladeLWS
Insert obligatory GM joke here...
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.
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:07:24 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
To: bnelson44
Already have a CV America, though in mothballs.
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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.")
To: BladeLWS
I had no idea there was still another CVN under construction????
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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.")
To: BladeLWS
I think we should consider another Midway to honor those who turned the tide.
V/R,
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:09:44 PM PST
by
2nd Bn, 11th Mar
(The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Your thread wish came true!
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:10:42 PM PST
by
PRND21
To: BladeLWS
Ford served in the Navy during World War II.Even more significantly, he served on an aircraft carrier.
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:11:30 PM PST
by
reg45
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.
To: operation clinton cleanup
Holy high res image batman!
Now we just need a stern view with Gerald R. Ford on it!
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:15:35 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: capt. norm
Ford was undoubtedly the best President in the 70s.
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:19:09 PM PST
by
steveyp
To: BladeLWS
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:19:53 PM PST
by
unkus
To: BladeLWS
When Bill Clinton pegs, will they name a bathysphere the USS Monica Lewinsky?
To: capt. norm
Anyone have an idea what type boat would be named after Clinton? I suggest a garbage scow in the Vietnamese Navy.
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:21:12 PM PST
by
unkus
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.
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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.)
To: Billthedrill
lol...
To: AZRepublican
Actually the ex-USS America was scuttled off of Virgina on May 14, 2005 following its use in explosive tests.
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posted on
01/03/2007 5:22:27 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
To: rlmorel
Bah, you beat me too it. :-)
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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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