To: Non-Sequitur
Is she the oldest nuclear carrier? I'm sorry to belabor this, but I thought I saw something on her recently and now it will drive me crazy until I figure out WHAT it was that stood out in my mind (old age is hell!)
22 posted on
02/04/2002 10:52:38 AM PST by
Endeavor
To: Endeavor
Kennedy is the youngest conventionally powered boat. The Enterprise is the oldest nuke.
To: Endeavor
Is she the oldest nuclear carrier? JFK CV-67 & AMERICA CV-66 were origionally proposed as nukes. AMERICA's plans were origionally nuke it was changed early in building. The war in Nam heated up and LBJ made them conventionals.
To: Endeavor
No, she's conventional. She's just run down and overworked.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson