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39548 Re: Final????? Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Sets Off On Final Journey - Direction Iran
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ribit   ROUND   12 Mar 2012
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39545 Re: Final????? Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Sets Off On Final Journey - Direction Iran
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Re: Final????? Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Sets Off On Final Journey - Direction Iran

By: Decomposed in ROUND
Mon, 12 Mar 12 4:33 PM
Msg. 39543 of 45651
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It always surprises me when a ship like this one gets mothballed. Okay... so it is 22 years old. (I assume that 1 deployment = 1 year.) Is it really cheaper to scrap a 22 year old ship than to refurbish it? I'd think some company would love to make a floating hotel out of her, if nothing else.

'Enterprise' is probably neck-and-neck with 'Constitution' as the most popular of all military vessel names. Somehow, I don't think it will be long before the nation is christening a new 'Enterprise.'




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