News today that the US aircraft carrier
Enterprise is
scheduled to be decommissioned on February 3. This is the carrier Kirk's crew visited in
The Voyage Home ("played" by the USS Ranger).
Facebook is filled with that quote from Picard about the
Enterprise-D not being the last ship to bear the name.
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And there will ALWAYS be an Enterprise.
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That one was there, too.
Doesn't make it a good thing though.
My character Tsin'xing
The nimitz class as a whole is long in the tooth , but has served the US well
That one is so stupid, he lost a Rock/Paper/Scissors game to a Pony.
The BUFF is in a league of its own, built in the mid 50s and still in service today and it is scheduled to be on the books for the foreseeable future, the nimitz class has reached the end of their operational service life most are 40-50 years old , thats a great return on investments.
As far as CVN-65 being a mueseum piece yeah wont happen because of the nuclear reactor, sadly she will join CVN-5 Enterprise in the scrap pile
Once they finish with their 8th air force series, HBO should make a naval themed WWII series centered around CV-6, would be nice to see those naval battles with the quality they gave Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
CV-6 Enterprise's wartime history makes for good movie or TV show material. It was in service when Japan hit at Pearl Harbor and was in action throughout the war until almost the very end. She was there for almost every significant naval engagement in the Pacific. Her story is one that follows the ebb and flow of the war. The high points will be Midway and the heavy, heavy fighting around Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Guadalcanal and the Solomons was a naval bloodbath as both the Allies and Japanese were spearfishing each other in those waters.
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