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To: thackney

Ha Ha! I give up!


41 posted on 04/23/2014 8:47:23 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Minutemen

Carriers have a significant amount of fueled ships that stay with them. If you remove the need to travel long distances to fill the tender at port, this role could be carried out by much smaller ships designed to fuel individual ships and return to the carrier.

It could give a carrier group more self sufficiency.


42 posted on 04/23/2014 8:49:44 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Minutemen
Continuing to think outside the box, fuel could be delivered via helicopters to ships local to the carrier. Use standardized tanks already in the shipping industry.

If the ship isn't configured for deck space, add flotation pontoons for drops in the sea and pick up of the empties. There are several ways to make this work, if it made economic sense.

43 posted on 04/23/2014 8:54:35 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Minutemen

One more, and I’ll move on.

The ability to fuel the aircraft stationed on the carrier continuously might be justification alone.


44 posted on 04/23/2014 9:01:16 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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