All three Seawolfs moving to Washington state

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

You must be joking...there is no way that the US Navy is going to mothball its two best submarines after only 7 years of service! Especially not after paying 4 billion for the pair!

It’s not without precedence, look what the Brits did with the Upholders. I think they had around 7 years of service before being mothballed then sold off.

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Originally Posted by *[FOX

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The Navy has done some dumb things lately, like try to get rid of the Kennedy (which they may still end up doing), but I don't think there is any way they would do something quite that stupid. The Seawolves each cost a fortune and you can be sure the navy will ride them into the ground before they're retired.

My thoughts exactly. THe Kennedy however is gettting too old. Talk about a carrier that is hard to get parts for - I think the Kennedy probably takes the cake being a one off ship! Plus the Ronald Reagan is online and the George HW Bush is coming soon as well. The Kennedy's days are near and end I think.

One thing I notice is that the US Navy doesn't like anything that is old and not sexy. I still think they should have at least one operational Iowa since that ship commands presence. When that thing was in the Persian Gulf, Iran stopped all hostile actions for the entire stay of the ship - that ability (or battleship diplomacy as they say) is worth its weight in gold alone.

-S