Fun Facts About CVN-77:
* There is no broccoli served in the Officers’ Mess;
* The all-hands announcement “NOW HEAR THIS!” is replaced by “READ MY LIPS!”
How commonplace is it to name Naval vessels after living servicemen, politicians,etc.?
Used to be they named carriers after famous battels ( Lexington, Yorktown, Saratoga, Midway, ...Battleships after States...Iowa,New Jersey...Cruisers after Cities...Indianapolis...Submarines after fish...Tarpon,Skipjack... )
The bad news is that CVN(X) is dead, and thus there are no follow-on carriers. I foresee smaller ships like LHAs carrying unmanned aircraft as replacements to our CVNs. The last manned tactical aircraft crews are now being trained.
Anticipate this being the last one built for a while.
Another big submarine target sails.
These are great ships. I served in the Reactor and Engineering departments on three of them; The Ike, Theodore Roosevelt, and Nimitz.
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