Posted on 01/29/2010 8:31:44 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., for sea trials Jan. 27 after a seven-month maintenance period.
During Sea Trials, the ship's electronics, communication, navigation and other combat systems that were built or modified in the shipyard will be tested.
In addition, an inspection of the ship's catapults and jet blast deflectors will be conducted, as well as inspections of the ship's berthing spaces, demonstrations of search and rescue equipment firefighting capabilities, and an evaluation of food service facilities to determine the ship's overall mission readiness.
Bush's sea trials comes after a highly successful Post Shakedown Availability/Selective Restrictive Availability that officially completed the construction of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier.
"In just seven months, the ship experienced an amount of depot and intermediate level work comparable to an 11-month planned incremental availability," said Bush's Chief Engineer, Cmdr. Shannon Terhune.
Work on the ship over the last seven months included finishing the airwing spaces and combat systems suite, implementation of ship alterations to get the ship on the class maintenance plan, and the completion of the ship's force work package.
Ship's force work saved the Navy more than half a million dollars, according to Bush Engineering Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Machinist's Mate (SW) Al Fuller, and more than 60 percent of the overall ship's force work package fell to Engineering Department Sailors to complete.
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Why do You insist on flattering Jimmy (The Pig) Carter??
Doesn’t it embaress You??
Oh crap!
DUHHH!!!
Time for this Freeper to go to bed.........
Orion bump
I've heard varying speeds. No civilian seems to know how fast the Ronald Reagan is. Care to share?
Wow. What type engine does that vessel run on?
Btw, outstanding photoshop technique.
=)
LOL! Nice touch with beer dude too..
It was an Evinrude, it's now the Obama-rude.
my guess, 32 knots
Thanks!
As a former Carrier sailor I’d say 40+ knots with all the reactors going and no flight ops (steam is used for both propulsion and the catapults.)
I would call it “thirtymumble knots”. The true top end of the CVN’s, much like the top end of our SSN’s, remains classified. Although that does not mean that the Dems have not sold that info, like a lot of other info, to our enemies.
Probably never. GWB will get that moniker. Wonder what nickname the Clinton will get. Good Ship Lollypop?
Am I the only one who thinks that we shouldn’t be naming ships after living people?
A ship name or stamp - you should be dead before you get one.
That'll be CVN-80 or 81. After three straight Republican carriers I'm predicting that CVN-79 will be the Franklin D. Roosevelt II or the John F. Kennedy II. Then will be the William Clinton and Obama will come after that.
That'll be CVN-80 or 81. After three straight Republican carriers I'm predicting that CVN-79 will be the Franklin D. Roosevelt II or the John F. Kennedy II. Then will be the William Clinton and Obama will come after that.
It's not that classified. They've been building carriers for almost a hundred years and 32 to 34 knots is considered fast. A friend of mine was on the JFK when she did a post overhaul high-speed run and she did 33.5 knots. That's pretty good for 80,000 plus tons.
Let me count the reasons:
1) Give away the Panama Canal
2) Let hostages languish for 444 days.
3) Fill the Pentagon with PC types and doves
4) Kiss up to Arafat (most frequent foreign visitor to the White House ‘77-’80.)
Overall, a wimp.
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