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Old 7th Nov 2012, 14:46
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Yes, the "V" in U.S. Navy aircraft carrier designations comes from the French "Voler" i.e., to fly.
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I'm sure that she was only originally on a 5-year mission!

Another piece of history retires! BZ Enterprise and all of her crew, past and present!

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didn't she have 7 or 8 reactors?
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From memory she has 8.


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Just checked, it is 8.

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And they even have a plan for them.

http://www.navsea.navy.mil/shipyards...N65FinalEA.pdf
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 19:30
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History of the name Enterprise...

USS Enterprise was one of a long list of warships of that name with the first being the French frigate L'Entreprise, captured in May 1705 by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Enterprise were she was a 24-gun sixth rate. Wrecked in 1705.
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 19:35
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To paraphrase the Captain of another ship of the same name, "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning". Inspiring story indeed.
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 19:49
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Aren't you chaps in the market for a new carrier?

Lucky enough uncle sam's honest used aircraft carrier and hardware store is now open for business.

A good down payment would be Keira Knightley. We also accept trade in's, just not politicians.
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 19:59
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DD24.5C,

That quote originally comes from Peter Pan, being the directions to Neverland I believe.

No doubt lots of connotations about Kirk and his crews intentions not to grow old?
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 20:08
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Not a boffin

Glad they have a plan and interesting that they have it in public view
considering the photos of the storage site, although it is a 1990 photo.
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Old 7th Nov 2012, 21:46
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Always been public, ever since they started cutting up their boats, but more pertinently passed a law prohibiting receipt of non-US nuclear waste. They didn't fancy the Red Banner fleet reactor compartments ending up there as well.....

Phot is 2009 btw. They hadn't started nuclear recycling back in 90.

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My bad.

I was thinking of the other side, security of said material.
not interms of moving it but worst case scenario.
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