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To: 11th_VA

Or maybe that was the Constellation…


18 posted on 01/21/2022 4:12:17 AM PST by 11th_VA (I can still remember an America where dissent was the highest form of patriotism.)
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To: 11th_VA

From the webs:

On 7 August 2003, Constellation’s commissioning pennant was hauled down and her deck log closed. The ship was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 2003. Her legacy might best be remembered today in the words of President Reagan from 1981: “Let friend and foe alike know that America has the muscle to back up its words, and ships like this and men like you are that muscle . . . you are America’s Flagship.”

I did some work on the drydock in Bremerton. The Constellation was parked there as we did the work underneath her. Her hull was supported by a whole bunch of wood beams. It was a bit odd to be working under tons of a “modern” ship that was supported by wood. (I would have thought a more technological solution would have arisen.)

I tried to put off the thought of an earthquake.


22 posted on 01/21/2022 5:41:27 AM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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