Posted on 08/27/2004 9:39:10 PM PDT by crushelits
In July 1968, the ship departed her homeport of Long Beach for an extensive overhaul and modernization at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Upon arrival in Maine, the ship was temporarily decommissioned in order to receive the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS). GRIDLEY returned to Long Beach in January 1970 and would make her 5th and 6th deployments to the South China Sea in 1971 and 1972.
In February 1973, GRIDLEY underwent another modernization and overhaul, this time at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. During that time, she received an anti-missile defense system and electronic warfare equipment. Upon completion of the overhaul, GRIDLEY arrived at her new homeport of San Diego in December 1973.
Ego, and more importantly they crave power and privilege. They'll do anything, say anything to get or retain it.
they can't win elections if they tell the truth
Why not? You mean people wouldn't vote for a party that wants to take all their money to completely socialize and governmentalize every aspect of every American's daily life, take away their right to defend themselves, force all the children into publc "schools" where they learn things like: God bad, Abortion good - Honor bad, homosexuality good, tell you you have no right to own an SUV (so we need to ban those too). Are you saying that the majority of Americans don't really want a world where the U.N. has to give America permission to defend herself?
I could go on, but am I close?
Something like that yes.
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