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

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.

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!

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

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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