07-28-2006, 02:18 PM
Quote:Your information is incorrect. There are currently ten commissioned CVNs, including USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and nine USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) Class ships. The tenth and last NIMITZ Class ship (GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77)) is under construction, to be commissioned in late 2008/early 2009. The first of the next class of CVNs is scheduled to be delivered in 2015. The second ship of the class is scheduled to be delivered in 2018 or 2019, at which point all US aircraft carriers will be nuclear powered (CVN 79 replaces USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)).
Mothball does not mean they're not commissioned, it means they are sitting at pier in status of where they can be quickly called up to duty if needed (minor maintenance throughout the ship to bring it up to speed). I don't doubt that we have that many CVNs commissioned, I'm talking about in actual operations (one of the big things during Afghanistan was the fact that one of the carriers was stuck at sea longer than normal because 2 of the Pacific Carriers were in for maintenance and it was than that I heard that there were 7 CVNs in operation, including those in port for maintenance).
Sith Warriors - They only class that gets a new room added to their ship after leaving Hoth, they get a Brooncloset
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Einstein said Everything is Relative.
Heisenberg said Everything is Uncertain.
Therefore, everything is relatively uncertain.