2 $300mm Navy Ships Are Headed To The Scrapyard Without Having Seen A Day Of Service

mookiemookie · 07-15-11, 09:37 PM

Ridiculous

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Embroiled by legal battles for more than 25 years, two U.S. Navy ships are finally headed to the scrap heap without ever having sailed and despite the fact that they're almost completely finished.

http://www.businessinsider.com/two-n...=Google+Reader

Onkel Neal · 07-15-11, 10:21 PM

Sheesh! They can't sell them to Turkey or something?

Remimds me of the Superconductiong Supercollider project a little

TLAM Strike · 07-15-11, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Sheesh! They can't sell them to Turkey or something?

Or to the UK so they can be used to resupply their aircraft carrier battle...

...oh...

...right...

August · 07-15-11, 11:20 PM

I guess nobody wants a single hull tanker anymore.

antikristuseke · 07-15-11, 11:23 PM

Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?

GoldenRivet · 07-15-11, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?

yes

it says so in that article nobody read

FIREWALL · 07-16-11, 12:54 AM

With the financial state of this country, how many $300m fiascos is it going to take for the taxpayers to wake up and say THAT'S ENOUGH !!!

Anthony W. · 07-16-11, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

With the financial state of this country, how many $300m fiascos is it going to take for the taxpayers to wake up and say THAT'S ENOUGH !!!

We tried. 12,000 other people did with me, in the US alone. They say that the first Tea Party protest day had a 300,000 attendance count, and the national in Washington DC (on a different day) had 1.3 million

FIREWALL · 07-16-11, 01:38 AM

You do it with the vote when a Senator or Congress person comes up for ReElection. Vote them out of office if their track record shows wastefull spending. Especially ones known as Porkbarrel projects.

joegrundman · 07-16-11, 01:43 AM

the problem with that firewall is that people tend to feel most strongly aggravated by porkbarrel contracts awarded to other states than your own.

Platapus · 07-16-11, 06:53 AM

Remember, it is only pork when government money is spent in *your* state. When government money is spent in *my* state it is a necessary investment for the people.

Jimbuna · 07-16-11, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Or to the UK so they can be used to resupply their aircraft carrier battle...

...oh...

...right...

Har har

At 25 years of age we'd have scrapped em whilst they were in their prime...possibly 5 years of age at the most

TLAM Strike · 07-16-11, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Har har

At 25 years of age we'd have scrapped em whilst they were in their prime...possibly 5 years of age at the most

Or given them to Canada.

Jimbuna · 07-16-11, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Or given them to Canada.

I doubt they'd want tankers with all that fuel and such...too much of a fire hazard

Krauter · 07-16-11, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I doubt they'd want tankers with all that fuel and such...too much of a fire hazard

Hey it keeps the winter cold out, I'm sure we'd find a use for them

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I guess nobody wants a single hull tanker anymore. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	With the financial state of this country, how many $300m fiascos is it going to take for the taxpayers to wake up and say THAT'S ENOUGH !!! __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-16-11, 01:38 AM	#9
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	You do it with the vote when a Senator or Congress person comes up for ReElection. Vote them out of office if their track record shows wastefull spending. Especially ones known as Porkbarrel projects. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-16-11, 01:43 AM	#10
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	the problem with that firewall is that people tend to feel most strongly aggravated by porkbarrel contracts awarded to other states than your own. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Remember, it is only pork when government money is spent in your state. When government money is spent in my state it is a necessary investment for the people. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.