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To: CougarGA7
"There are others on this thread that know better than I, but I was always under the understanding that a turn-around on a carrier group was at minimum 30 days."

Depends upon what they need to do with her while in port. A really dedicated port crew can do some inspired things when given the orders. By the time she sails, she will have been in port for 2 weeks, and you can do a lot in 2 weeks if you HAVE to do a lot in 2 weeks.

Normally, you might do some repairs, but if all you've got is 2 weeks, you merely REPLACE. You re-stock. You load sensitive gear that you don't want to ship separately into the theater. And you give your finely-tuned crew two weeks of holidays with their families. 30 knots for 24/7 and you're back in theater in a week before the opening scene of the feature even begins.

These home port crews take tremendous pride in being able to do the impossible without breaking a sweat.

Michael

161 posted on 12/27/2002 11:11:13 AM PST by Wright is right!
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To: Wright is right!
you can do a lot in 2 weeks if you HAVE to do a lot in 2 weeks.

What's their supply ordering status? If they have been given authority to draw from the war-time stores, they will have everything they could possibly want within two weeks.

I had things on order that were holding planes in the hanger bay for weeks with no delivery date and when we got war-time stores authority, it arrived in three days to the Med.

242 posted on 12/27/2002 11:43:19 AM PST by IncredibleHulk
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