Through The Looking Glass

 

1. A splendid ship, and well named.

   If they name anything other than a garbage scow for George H.W.’s successor, it will be a travesty. 

   

   Posted by Tannenberg       10/08/2006  at  01:09 PM  



2. Greate ship.

   Posted by bulldog       10/08/2006  at  03:15 PM  



3. Nothing against GHWB, but what the hell happened to the old ship names, like Lexington, Yorktown and Saratoga?!?

   Posted by Sky Captain       10/08/2006  at  05:22 PM  



4. I’d like to see those names again myself, Captain.

   If my information is correct, the last USS Yorktown (CG48), a guided missile cruiser, was decommissioned in 2004.  The last USS Lexington (CV16), one of the WWII Essex class carriers, was decommissioned in 1991 and is now a museum ship in Corpus Christi, TX.  The last USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB60), a carrier, was decommissioned in 1994.

   I do not know whether CG48 and CV60 are laid up in mothballs, or were scrapped.  If anyone knows, I’d appreciate getting the word.

   

   Posted by Tannenberg       10/08/2006  at  06:05 PM  



5. First question a US President askes when there is trouble anywhere in the world is often, “Where are the carriers?” A projection of power and capability unmatched by anything that humans control.

   Posted by Rickvid       10/08/2006  at  06:19 PM  

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