So you think mooring a carrier pier side there is wise huh? Use the PI's for the yard work as has been the long standing tradition. As ex-Navy myself maybe you can answer this question. Where did the COLE bombers learn exactly where to hit the ship or any ship to do the most damage possible? Nah couldn't have been in a shipyard../sarcasm It seems our leaders learned nothing about port security from that attack. The arrogance in the belief that no one would dare attack a U.S. Navy ship continues. Why leave them vunerable? A ship is most vunerable in tow places. One being at a per but especially so in a shipyard as all hatches etc are opened up and D.C. capabilities & water tight integrity is Nil.
BTW have you ever seen just how fast a ship even an aircraft carrier can get underway anchored rather than moored to a pier in an emergency? Do you realize the logistics of even getting a carrier away from a pier and underway and the time and coordination with the locals that is needed? A carrier anchored can be underway in the time it takes to hoist the anchor. As a matter of fact the screws can be turning gettting it uderway while the anchor is coming up. I've seen it happen myself. That means underway and out of port in a very few minutes and not hours. IOW in the time incoming attack is picked up on radar the carrier can be getting underway and ready to launch planes. The one moored will be still waiting on tugs.