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of course these are *different* Ranger / Saratoga ships, yes? ... (I assume there were WWII Ranger and Saratoga ... I'm pretty sure there was a Ranger but I don't know my WWII ships other than the major players at Midway) ...

Nonetheless, the USA will never use them again, since they're not nuclear, and they should make the greens somewhat happy in Japan (they don't like it when a U.S. nuclear carrier docks) ...

now we just need some nifty advertising ...

Forrestal-class carriers ... everything must go ... we're clearing them out ... we must be crazy at these prices ... come buy them before we figure out they're too low ... free A-4 Skyhawk with every carrier ... rebates end July 30 ...

hehe ...

Lol, you should read the cyberpunk novel, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The United States Navy ends up selling the USS Enterprise due to budget cuts to the books villain. Anyways, I think this is a great idea for Japan to pursue. I'm sure nobody believed in WW2 that the US and Japan would be allies against a communist China...
PS-Does anyone know if the carriers are going to be nuclear powered, or diesel?