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Navy bids farewell to storied warship USS Enterprise
afp ^ | Nov 4 2011 | AFP

Posted on 11/04/2012 6:33:18 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

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Final trap

121102-N-JV638-340 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 2, 2012) Capt. William C. Hamilton Jr., commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), performs the last trap ever aboard the ship. Enterprise is completing its final deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Randy J. Savarese)

101 posted on 11/04/2012 9:19:02 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Happy Rain

Thank you for your explanation. Being female and never served in the military, most things military are a mystery. I will now have to call my older brother and pick his memory about the Enterprise. His career was all things military as he served as a Marine officer.


102 posted on 11/04/2012 9:24:02 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: Blue Highway

The pudgy first lady, I believe


103 posted on 11/04/2012 9:26:08 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: null and void

Ah glory days...(wide ass Marines) had a thing for one at my “A” school;)

...we had a platoon of Marines on our ship for security and to run the ship’s brig.

When a sailor was sent to the brig by a Captain’s Mast it was called getting a tour of Paris Island...brig guards were recruited from the biggest meanest and most sadistic jar heads the Corps had to offer...needless to say discipline on board was not a big problem.


104 posted on 11/04/2012 9:26:16 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Remember the Benghazi 4")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Bfl


105 posted on 11/04/2012 9:28:21 AM PST by ziravan (Are you better off now than you were $9.4 Trillion dollars ago?)
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To: Happy Rain

Written like a true nonhacker.


106 posted on 11/04/2012 9:40:32 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Could have used her in the Med on Sept 11th.


107 posted on 11/04/2012 9:50:27 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Change your clocks today and your President on Tuesday")
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Are you serious?

I am a Vietnam era veteran with an Honorable Discharge...

nonhacker indeed—whadda dope.

108 posted on 11/04/2012 9:50:39 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Remember the Benghazi 4")
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To: Conservative4Ever

Older brother said the ship in question was the USS Midway. She was having an open house after completion of being built in Bremerton. Maybe someone can confirm this. Thanks. Free Republic is being weird today too.


109 posted on 11/04/2012 10:07:13 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
There is really no naval vessel useless enough to warrant being cursed with a jonah name like USS Obama.

Maybe a channel marker buoy?

110 posted on 11/04/2012 10:12:43 AM PST by Gorzaloon (The Google thing is in the yard again. Sniffed the laundry, now it's looking in the septic tank.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
There is really no naval vessel useless enough to warrant being cursed with a jonah name like USS Obama.

Maybe a channel marker buoy?

111 posted on 11/04/2012 10:13:11 AM PST by Gorzaloon (The Google thing is in the yard again. Sniffed the laundry, now it's looking in the septic tank.)
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To: doublecansiter

Also the Hornet, which was going to be the Kearsarge, and the Wasp (CV 18) because the earlier Wasp (CV 7) was sunk around ‘42.


112 posted on 11/04/2012 10:38:12 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: NTHockey

Marines are the best gate guards in the world.


113 posted on 11/04/2012 10:45:47 AM PST by Jacquerie (Exterminate rats.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Can’t they just name an artillery target.


114 posted on 11/04/2012 11:00:37 AM PST by Segovia
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If there is a heaven for the souls of valiant ships, Enterprise will be there.


115 posted on 11/04/2012 11:08:55 AM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: fremont_steve

I hope not.

Mike


116 posted on 11/04/2012 11:20:54 AM PST by doublecansiter (without cartridge, load in nine times, LOAD!)
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To: Wonder Warthog
He told me that ships of the Enterprise class had EIGHT separate nuclear reactors aboard. Modern nuclear flat-tops only have two. I can't help but wonder if someday the loss of the extra redundancy may cause problems in combat.

I wonder that too. IIRC, the Enterprise's reactors are smaller, so you need 8 of them, they were designed for atomic subs. Still, I wonder if they have a backup system where they can run a diesel or diesel/electric engine like atomic subs do. I hope some former Navy mariner chimes in on that one. I've talked to a few people who served on subs and they said they have a backup diesel/electric system to limp home or wherever if need be.
117 posted on 11/04/2012 11:44:05 AM PST by Nowhere Man (Whitey, I miss you so much. Take care, pretty girl. (4-15-2001 - 10-12-2012))
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To: Happy Rain
Is Nelson's HMS Victory of Trafalgar fame still commissioned? She was built before the USS Constitution.

You got me there, yes the HMS Victory is still commissioned and as such is the oldest such vessel. The USS Constitution is the oldest navigable commissioned vessel still afloat as the Victory is in permanent dry dock.

Shutting up now, I've exceeded my daily wordage on this one.

118 posted on 11/04/2012 12:19:44 PM PST by SES1066 (Government is NOT the reason for my existence!)
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To: Happy Rain

To correct your statement that the Kitty Hawk was diesel powered. It was powered by steam turbines, the steam produced by conventional oil fired boilers. It was the last conventional powered carrier and was permanently deployed to Japan for the reason you stated.
Please correct me if i’m wrong.


119 posted on 11/04/2012 12:24:32 PM PST by topsail
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To: null and void
I guess I could be OK with an Edison dollar, or a Tesla Twenty, but where does one draw the line? A Soros C-note?

Nah, Ben Franklin would go perfectly with Edison and Tesla on scientific merit alone. Also keep Lincoln as the only US President to have a granted patent in his own name. Thinking about others makes me consider John Moses Browning for the $10 note. What think ye?

120 posted on 11/04/2012 12:28:45 PM PST by SES1066 (Government is NOT the reason for my existence!)
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