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Posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:45 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The USS Simpson has been decommissioned, marking the end of an era in America's naval fleet.
The 30-year-old vessel was the last modern warship to sink an enemy target during battle.
Built in 1984, the Simpson down Iran's Joshan gunboat in the Persian Gulf in 1988 - America's only maritime battle since the Second World War.
But now, as the Department of Defense grapples for funds to complete the new zumwalt-class fleet, the Simpson's days have come to an end.
It will be towed to a port in Philadelphia and possibly sold to a US ally.
The ship was built in Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works - the same firm and site currently overseeing the construction of the zumwalt fleet.
Named after Second World War veteran Roger W Simpson, and sponsored by his widow, it was completed on September 20, 1985.
Typically, military warships have a lifespan of 20 to 25 years and the Simpson has been moored in Mayport, Florida, until it reached a remarkable 30 years.
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The REAL REASON the ship is being done away with (besides the bipartisan effort to end our ability to project power) is because it doesn’t have LGBT rest rooms.
It's out there in You tube land somewhere
Didn't you get the latest memo?
He/She/It/Zit can be anything they want to be, at any time! One head ("rest room" for all you landlubbers) fits all! No rebuilding/re-designating toilet & shower facilities necessary!
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