Okla-homey
5/23/2007, 06:16 AM
$20B for another floating piece of America. Money well spent!
Nothing says lovin' like a carrier off your coast!
Ford is currently scheduled to be laid down in 2009, concurrently or nearly so with the commissioning of USS George H. W. Bush. Construction work has already begun; on August 11, 2005, Northrop Grumman held a ceremonial steel cut for a 15-ton plate that will form part of a side shell unit of the carrier. If construction of the carrier remains on schedule the new ship should join the U.S. Navy’s active fleet as a fully commissioned warship in 2015. Ford is slated to replace the current Enterprise, ending her 50 plus years of service with the United States Navy.
Me likey.
P.S. I wonder if they'll invite Chevy Chase to the christening?
P.P.S. If the donks wonder why they get no carriers named for them, it's prolly cuz of their record of defense.
Nothing says lovin' like a carrier off your coast!
Ford is currently scheduled to be laid down in 2009, concurrently or nearly so with the commissioning of USS George H. W. Bush. Construction work has already begun; on August 11, 2005, Northrop Grumman held a ceremonial steel cut for a 15-ton plate that will form part of a side shell unit of the carrier. If construction of the carrier remains on schedule the new ship should join the U.S. Navy’s active fleet as a fully commissioned warship in 2015. Ford is slated to replace the current Enterprise, ending her 50 plus years of service with the United States Navy.
Me likey.
P.S. I wonder if they'll invite Chevy Chase to the christening?
P.P.S. If the donks wonder why they get no carriers named for them, it's prolly cuz of their record of defense.