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To: Rudder
The last Nimitz Class built, CVN GHW Bush, has no steam cats.

Sure it does. Here's a picture of the ship's namesake taking part in the first dead-load launch test of CVN-77's steam catapult system, a few years ago. The white puffy stuff in the picture foreground is the steam from the catapult being tested.



CVN-78 is slated to get the new EM catapults. IF they can get the design to work properly. They've had some recent issue with the prototype ...

91 posted on 04/10/2011 12:43:05 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

I heard that the EM catapults were to be installed before launching the hull. But, what do I know...?


94 posted on 04/10/2011 1:48:38 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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