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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #25 on: August 07, 2012, 06:40:14 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on August 06, 2012, 03:55:53 PM
There is only one class of CVN still in service in the US Navy: the CVN-68 'Nimitz' class.  USS Enterprise has been decommissioned, as have the last of the oil-fired carriers (IIRC).

And the next generation...starting with CVN-78 USS Gerald R. Ford will be what's called the CVN-21 class.

ETA:  and it looks like there will be a USS John F. Kennedy and USS Enterprise on the high seas again as well.
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #26 on: August 07, 2012, 09:38:51 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 07, 2012, 01:09:16 AM
Well done. Are you sure you didn't look it up ?

Nope....Ex-Navy, 1977-1985....all three of those ships were active during my time in service.
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #27 on: August 07, 2012, 09:45:43 AM »
Quote from: txradioguy on August 07, 2012, 06:40:14 AM
And the next generation...starting with CVN-78 USS Gerald R. Ford will be what's called the CVN-21 class.

ETA:  and it looks like there will be a USS John F. Kennedy and USS Enterprise on the high seas again as well.

Of course there will always be a USS Enterprise....Captain Picard said it best at the end of Star Trek Generations:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFzsSftm_EM[/youtube]
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #28 on: August 09, 2012, 05:23:55 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on August 06, 2012, 03:55:53 PM
USS Enterprise has been decommissioned, as have the last of the oil-fired carriers (IIRC).
Not just yet. She is out on her last deployment right now. But she will be when they get home.
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2012, 06:37:08 AM »
My neighbor, a little ways up the road from me, was a member of the shake down crew and first crew to serve on the USS Forestal. He's in his 70's now and dying of lung cancer.

What do you call the first crew, "Plank members" or something?
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #30 on: August 09, 2012, 03:46:23 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 09, 2012, 06:37:08 AM
My neighbor, a little ways up the road from me, was a member of the shake down crew and first crew to serve on the USS Forestal. He's in his 70's now and dying of lung cancer.

What do you call the first crew, "Plank members" or something?

Yep Plank Owners.  I will never forget the Damage Control guy I met who was just coming off the Firestall.  He said he was one busy buckaroo on that boat fighting fires.  His best story was not being able to find a chow hall when he first reported until he spotted a rather rotund guy and followed him.  The year was 1970 and we were both waiting for orders in Newport, RI. 
 
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #31 on: August 10, 2012, 01:41:27 AM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on August 09, 2012, 03:46:23 PM
Yep Plank Owners.  I will never forget the Damage Control guy I met who was just coming off the Firestall.  He said he was one busy buckaroo on that boat fighting fires.  His best story was not being able to find a chow hall when he first reported until he spotted a rather rotund guy and followed him.  The year was 1970 and we were both waiting for orders in Newport, RI. 
 
Aka Forrest Fire. Aka FID (first in defense).
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #32 on: August 10, 2012, 02:16:05 AM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on August 09, 2012, 05:23:55 AM
Not just yet. She is out on her last deployment right now. But she will be when they get home.

She actually back from deployment now, returning in July, and is schedueled for decomissioning in December of this year.
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #33 on: August 10, 2012, 06:35:10 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 09, 2012, 06:37:08 AM
My neighbor, a little ways up the road from me, was a member of the shake down crew and first crew to serve on the USS Forestal. He's in his 70's now and dying of lung cancer.

What do you call the first crew, "Plank members" or something?

Plank owner.
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Re: Inhofe: Navy ‘publicity stunt’ squandered millions, put sailors’ lives at risk
« Reply #34 on: August 10, 2012, 07:57:45 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 10, 2012, 01:41:27 AM
Aka Forrest Fire. Aka FID (first in defense).

That was my dad's first posting, right out of A-school.  :fuelfire:
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