Navy's Newest Carrier Successfully Completes Acceptance Sea Trials

Navy News ^ | 4/9/2009 | Program Executive Office Carriers

[P8riot]

These are great ships. I served in the Reactor and Engineering departments on three of them; The Ike, Theodore Roosevelt, and Nimitz.

[JRios1968]

That wouldn't be prudent...

[zaphod3000]

Construction on the JFK was started until 1964, after his death.

[zaphod3000]

Construction on the JFK wasn’t started until 1964, after his death.

[Non-Sequitur]

How commonplace is it to name Naval vessels after living servicemen, politicians,etc.?

Lately? All too common.

[Non-Sequitur]

and only enough for three Zumwalts of what was to have been a 55-ship fleet.

The article says 30, and when he cancelled the Zumwalts, Gates also said that additional Burkes were being procured. The 55 hulls were supposed to be LCS, and those orders are being continued.

[zaphod3000]

The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) was commissioned while the former Senator was still alive.

[Non-Sequitur]

Ronald Reagan was around when they decided to name CVN-76 after him but passed away before the ship was built.

Reagan died in 2004, the year after the carrier was commissioned.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Yep. The age of the big-deck fleet carrier is just about done. The future belongs to jeep carriers and carrier subs packing unmanned multirole aircraft."

You may be right, but I'm always wary of pronouncements of obsolescence. About six months before Operation Just Cause, I was told the age of mass tactical parachute drops was over. Less than a year before Operation Desert Storm, I was told that the days of mass armor attacks and the main battle tank were over...

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[pabianice]

and only enough for three Zumwalts of what was to have been a 55-ship fleet. The article says 30, and when he cancelled the Zumwalts, Gates also said that additional Burkes were being procured. The 55 hulls were supposed to be LCS, and those orders are being continued.

Won't happen. There are three Zumwalts funded, and that's it. DARPA "Technology demonstrators." The 55 LCSes are also finished. May be a dozen, tops. More likely less. 108 P-8s? Not a chance. Look for more UCAVs to be the majority of military aviation by 2030.

[Al B.]

I stand corrected. Thanks.

[magslinger]

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[fredhead]

I was one of those people sent to perform the acceptance trial testing. I served on three carriers when I was in the Navy, JFK, Nimitz, and Ike. Even for an old carrier sailor, CVN-77 is impressive. I’d never been out to sea on a new ship before. I wish I could be there for the flight deck certification.

It’s sad to see first hand what the defense cuts are already doing to my Navy.

[DesScorp]

Suddenly, Democrats call for a SinkEx...