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To: GATOR NAVY

If I was in the navy, just like the USS Jimmy Carter, this is another ship I would not want to serve on !


24 posted on 04/13/2010 8:49:46 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck

>>> the USS Jimmy Carter, this is another ship I would not want to serve on !

In fairness the Navy made the best of a bad situation there. Having a full sized nuclear carrier named for a former president has become one of the retirement perks of the job. You can bet the next carrier after the Ford will be the Clinton.

The Navy pulled a slick end-run around this situation by using Carter’s submarine service as an excuse to avoid fifty years of the CVN Jimmy Carter. A submarine has half the lifespan, and by definition will spend most of it’s active service out of sight and unmentioned.


36 posted on 04/13/2010 9:49:11 PM PDT by tlb
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