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Portsmouth Shipyard to Have Three Carriers at Once
AP ^ | 22 Jan 2006

Posted on 01/22/2006 7:45:33 PM PST by DYngbld

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, which typically handles just one aircraft carrier at a time, will be home to three carriers at once this fall, said Navy Capt. Joseph Campbell, the yard's commanding officer.

The three carriers make up one-quarter of the nation's flattop fleet and are scheduled to be in the yard simultaneously for several weeks.

The USS Harry S. Truman arrived at the yard Jan. 9. It will be joined by the USS Theodore Roosevelt in September and the USS George Washington in October. The Truman is scheduled to depart in November.

(Excerpt) Read more at wavy.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bigdeck; carriers; navy; norfolk; portsmouth; shipmovement; ships; usn; ussgeorgewashington; ussharrystruman; usstheodoreroosevelt
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1 posted on 01/22/2006 7:45:35 PM PST by DYngbld
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To: DYngbld

Great target for the Japanese.......


2 posted on 01/22/2006 7:47:24 PM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: DYngbld

That doesn't sound very prudent to be doing during wartime. Unless of course they getting ready for a bigger one, say for, Iran.


3 posted on 01/22/2006 7:47:52 PM PST by diverteach
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To: DYngbld

Is that particularly smart, given the capacity of a rogue nuke to summarily destroy one area?


4 posted on 01/22/2006 7:48:11 PM PST by SteveMcKing
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To: SteveMcKing

Oh please.

Don't you know you are supposed to cut military bases and have less bases for your military when you are in the nuclear age. /s


5 posted on 01/22/2006 7:50:27 PM PST by Tyche (A half truth is a whole lie)
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To: DYngbld

I see everyone has the same first thought.

This many carriers in one place is a very tempting target.


6 posted on 01/22/2006 7:51:10 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: DYngbld
I'd hate to be one of the sailors looking for a place to park my car!
7 posted on 01/22/2006 7:51:33 PM PST by burzum (A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
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To: Cicero

Ditto.


8 posted on 01/22/2006 7:52:32 PM PST by freema (Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: DYngbld

I imagine the NSA will pick up interesting chatter as certain people begin discussing the possibilities.


9 posted on 01/22/2006 7:52:55 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: DYngbld

hooters to open a new mega resturant in portsmouth


10 posted on 01/22/2006 7:53:13 PM PST by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: diverteach

I'd love to see those three flattops together. The sight of all that American steel in one place would be an awesome sight. Still, it isn't prudent to have that many expensive eggs in one basket. Too much risk of something going wrong.


11 posted on 01/22/2006 7:53:54 PM PST by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED.)
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To: Cicero
I see everyone has the same first thought. This many carriers in one place is a very tempting target.

For what? A Venzuelan attack? Get real.

12 posted on 01/22/2006 7:54:49 PM PST by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: ClearCase_guy
No they won't. The terrorists have no doubt changed their communication tactics by now. The NSA might not have adapted, thanks to traitors.
13 posted on 01/22/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by burzum (A single reprimand does more for a man of intelligence than a hundred lashes for a fool.--Prov 17:10)
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To: SteveMcKing

Responses 2 thru 4 express my thoughts exactly. Anyone know if this "clustering" of high value targets is the result of base closures?


14 posted on 01/22/2006 7:59:33 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: taxesareforever
Right on. A lot of FReepers are quite a bit paranoid. LOOK OUT! THE TERRISTS GONNA ATTAQ THE CARRIERS!

Islamic Murderers normally don't target the military, they attack civilians. They can't beat the military. They can beat public opinion.

15 posted on 01/22/2006 8:01:11 PM PST by xrp
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To: DYngbld

thats bound to be quite a sudden boom in population for them too...


16 posted on 01/22/2006 8:03:22 PM PST by leda (One brown eyed babe who's headed for a better life.)
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To: burzum

No kidding, it is a zoo there with only one carrier. I Can't imagine what it will be like. Glad I don't have to deal with that mess.


17 posted on 01/22/2006 8:04:06 PM PST by DYngbld
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To: diverteach
Just a few miles down river they can dock 4 of them at once. I've got a copy of a picture of 4 carriers at NOB Norfolk docked in numerical order. But you're right far too many Naval assets are parked in Norfolk at once. I wonder why Newport News Ship Yards across the river wasn't used for one of them? It is the builder of these ships.

On the plus side maybe and hopefully the Navy learned from past mistakes for not having needed yard times during the first Gulf War. The only other permanent carrier port on the east coast is Mayport, Florida and I think it is a one carrier pier from what I remember.

These sound like the needed three month down times between deployments ships require. A carrier maintenance cycle is a one year overhaul every 5 years plus a three month yard period after each 6 month cruise. It takes from the yard to a deployment about 6 months of work ups for training before the six month deployment.

18 posted on 01/22/2006 8:05:21 PM PST by cva66snipe
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

USSWashington ping


19 posted on 01/22/2006 8:06:40 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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To: NCC-1701
We had four in port here around Christmas time. It is cool to look across the water and see them all sitting there.
20 posted on 01/22/2006 8:07:23 PM PST by DYngbld
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