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Topic: USS Enterprise destined
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USS Enterprise destined
for scrapyard
United Press International, by Staff
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/1/2012 2:24:46 PM
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| NORFOLK, Va.- The U.S. Navy says it won´t be possible to turn its first nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, into a museum after its decommissioning Saturday. The ceremony took place at the ship´s home port of Norfolk, Va., with scores of dignitaries and former crew members on hand to reminisce and sing the praises of the ship and its 51-year service record. The "Big E" will be towed to Puget Sound in Washington, where its eight nuclear reactors will be removed and the rest of the ship cut up for scrap.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
John c, 12/1/2012 2:55:17 PM (No. 9043266)
Why don´t we just sell it to the chinese in exchage for interest reductions on our debt/s
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 12/1/2012 3:10:03 PM (No. 9043291)
But nuclear power just isn´t ´safe´ enough for general usage !
The Left not only embraces every bad idea but they insist on killing all the good ones.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 12/1/2012 3:46:53 PM (No. 9043328)
I would not mind my tax dollars being used to convert the Enterprise into a national museum. However, successive Congresses going back decades have spent us into such a hole, there is simply no money for such a project.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
KimoSaavy, 12/1/2012 4:59:50 PM (No. 9043427)
So James T. Kirk was present and didn´t save her?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
liberty316, 12/1/2012 5:56:14 PM (No. 9043487)
If we were not throwing away all our money on welfare, "green energy," and other government nonsense we could save this historic ship for future generations. As it is, we´re saving nothing at all and putting into the bondage of debt those future generations. God save America.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
busterman, 12/1/2012 7:32:58 PM (No. 9043586)
#1: The Chinese just want to turn it into a floating casino.....right?
/s
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
veritas, 12/1/2012 8:32:38 PM (No. 9043651)
Way to go, UPI. You rival AP, etc.
From USS Enterprise Public Affairs, via Navy.mil: "Enterprise, the world´s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, recently completed its 25th and final deployment and returned to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled inactivation, held prior to the ship´s terminal offload program and subsequent decommissioning."
Mo. Rons. At UPI. Inactivation ceremony. Got it? Not, repeat not, decommissioning. [Where´s my baseball bat?]
Re status: the only US Navy ship in commission longer is the USS Constitution. Yep, Old Ironsides.
USS Enterprise, CVN 65, is the 8th US Navy ship to carry the name. She was originally to be conventionally-powered [oil-fired boilers], but was changed to nuclear power [eight small A2W machines, with Westinghouse-designed ores]. She´s also our only carrier with 4 rudders, not two.
All 10 Nimitz-class carriers have two, much larger reactors. They are later Westinghouse designs, the A4W. Having attended both the christening and commissioning of USS George H. W. Bush, I can tell you, these ships are far bigger than you think or imagine.
#4: Somewhat scrambled stories first said Shatner was to attend, then that he had cancelled. I don´t have info I trust on what the outcome was.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/1/2012 11:16:46 PM (No. 9043787)
The hollow force begins...peace dividend, hog wash!
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