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

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.

Onkel Neal · 07-16-11, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yes

it says so in that article nobody read

I looked at the picture! A picture is worth a 1000 words!

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

em2nought · 07-16-11, 12:06 PM

Looks like an Aegis cruiser sitting next to it, can't believe those things are already on the scrap heap. I think someone has been scrapping in order to ask for new toys.

oops, looks like CG 60 is still active, guess they just happened to be side by side for some other reason.

August · 07-17-11, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

Looks like an Aegis cruiser sitting next to it, can't believe those things are already on the scrap heap. I think someone has been scrapping in order to ask for new toys.

oops, looks like CG 60 is still active, guess they just happened to be side by side for some other reason.

According to the wiki article that the picture comes from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US...-AO-191%29.jpg

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The guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) on the right is under routine overhaul at the NORSHIPCO facility near Norfolk. Location: Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

07-15-11, 11:20 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,261 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	#7
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, 12:06 PM	#13
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like an Aegis cruiser sitting next to it, can't believe those things are already on the scrap heap. I think someone has been scrapping in order to ask for new toys. oops, looks like CG 60 is still active, guess they just happened to be side by side for some other reason. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage! Last edited by em2nought; 07-16-11 at 12:11 PM. Reason: correction

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07-15-11, 11:23 PM	#3
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Aren't single hulled tankers effectively banned anyway?