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The U.S. Navy Is Having a Hell of a Time Dismantling the USS Enterprise
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| 8/9/18
| Kyle Mizokami
Posted on 08/16/2018 10:52:50 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Tear out the propulsion unit and make the rest of her a reef.
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:52:50 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
Admiral Kirk did it in sixty seconds.....MARK!
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:53:49 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(They all get down, and arm up. Ready to take down tyrrany. The magnificient Seven.)
To: Rebelbase
It’s cheaper to keep her...
To: Rebelbase
Meh. Just nuke it ‘till it glows. Is’nt that Bikini Atoll still around?
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:55:59 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Rebelbase
Turn it into a bed and breakfast and anchor it at Cape Cod.
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:58:26 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: Rebelbase
*cough* Marianas trench *cough* *cough*
To: Rebelbase
Why don’t they just tow it to Murmansk and beach it?
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posted on
08/16/2018 10:59:06 AM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: Rebelbase
Park it off of Los Angeles. Instant homeless community and $1.5 billion to lavish them.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:00:51 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
What aboutthe lead paint?
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:01:22 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Sanctuary is Sedition)
To: Rebelbase
Maybe she could be repurposed.
The big thing now in cruising is extreme sports.
Climbing walls.....rope courses.....wind tunnel flying.....botulism....
Imagine putting seats on the catapults and shooting teenagers into the sea!
Id pay good money to watch this!
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:02:06 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: bert
The meth counteracts that.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:02:40 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Rebelbase
Sell it to the Chinese for $10 billion as part of trade deficit negotiations. Then use the money for us to build a new one. They already got our secrets (thanks to dems), and it’s old tech. If scrapped, it would end up as Chinese cars. If sold to them, it’s their problem to clean it up (cheaper by them as they don’t care about environmental and safety concerns).
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:03:53 AM PDT
by
roadcat
To: Rebelbase
I'll bet these guys could do it for a lot less.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:05:11 AM PDT
by
CodeJockey
(Trump... The exorcist of Cultural Marxism)
To: Rebelbase
Decommissioning ships takes money, which is why so many were left to float and rot after WWII, which only served to stretch the expense out. You obviously can't do that when nuclear power plants are involved. This is a good thing to keep in mind when proggies demand that we "slash" defense spending by cutting the number of carrier battle groups. It won't be cheap to "save" all that money.
Large-ticket items such as aircraft carriers are (very roughly) thirty-year investments, with construction costs, operating and maintenance costs, and shutdown costs all a necessary part of the overall project. If this wasn't budgeted in from the beginning, somebody was cheating.
To: Rebelbase
Ultimately, according to the GAO, it may take Congress to make a decision.
from the article.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:07:10 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: Rebelbase
I read somewhere that the construction method of a carrier, making it hard to sink, is a trade secret.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:07:10 AM PDT
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: RandallFlagg
[Admiral Kirk did it in sixty seconds.....MARK!]
“Code zero zero zero. Destruct. Zero.”
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:07:50 AM PDT
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: blueunicorn6
Let the Indian ship breakers have her. They will beach her and attack with a horde of workers armed with hammers and cutting torches. Shell be gone in a month or two.
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:07:54 AM PDT
by
Taylor42
(Autism - the ignored epidemic)
To: Billthedrill
If this wasn’t budgeted in from the beginning, somebody was cheating.
The budgeting happened how long ago...
..
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posted on
08/16/2018 11:08:29 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: NormsRevenge
Turn her into a time-out resort for deranged Liberals.
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