USS Ronald Reagan Question

Someone has posted some cool pix from the launch of the new super carrier
over on the binary channel (alt.binaries.pictures.aviation), which got me
wondering...

Is the new USS Ronald Reagan a *replacement* carrier? If so, which one is
being retired?

Or did we just add another battle group to the fleet?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Is the new USS Ronald Reagan a *replacement* carrier? If so, which one is
being retired?

The Constellation.
It just returned from an extended tour due to the Afghanistan/Iraq
thing.

The Constellation.
It just returned from an extended tour due to the Afghanistan/Iraq
thing.

The results of a little quick Googling:
http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cv64/noflash/home.htm

John Bell

The results of a little quick Googling:
http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cv64/noflash/home.htm

Thanks, John. Interesting that they are de-commissioning the SECOND oldest
carrier in the arsenal, the Constellation.

Why not put the FIRST oldest (whatever it may be) carrier out to pasture
first?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

IIRC, I believe the Kitty Hawk is the oldest in the fleet now...and now the
last conventional.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The results of a little quick Googling:
http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cv64/noflash/home.htm

Thanks, John. Interesting that they are de-commissioning the SECOND
oldest
carrier in the arsenal, the Constellation.

Why not put the FIRST oldest (whatever it may be) carrier out to pasture
first?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jeff Franks wrote:

IIRC, I believe the Kitty Hawk is the oldest in the fleet now...and now the
last conventional.

According to the CV-64 news, Constellation is "one of only three remaining
conventionally powered aircraft carriers in its arsenal." And, since the
Constellation won't actually be decommissioned for a few more weeks, there
are still three in the fleet.

George Patterson
The optimist feels that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist is afraid that he's correct.
James Branch Cavel

Jay

The "Jimmy Carter" is under construction and will probably replace the
one that is oldest now. It's condition inspection may have shown it to
be in best shape so was extended until the Carter comes on line?

As an aside, what did Jimmy ever do to warrant naming a carrier after
him (

Big John


On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 03:52:35 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

The results of a little quick Googling:
http://www.navy.mil/homepages/cv64/noflash/home.htm

Thanks, John. Interesting that they are de-commissioning the SECOND oldest
carrier in the arsenal, the Constellation.

Why not put the FIRST oldest (whatever it may be) carrier out to pasture
first?

"Big John" wrote

The "Jimmy Carter" is under construction and will probably replace the
one that is oldest now.

The next carrier (the 10th Nimitz class) will be the
"USS George H. W. Bush."

The "USS Jimmy Carter" will be a Seawolf class
submarine.

As an aside, what did Jimmy ever do to warrant naming
a carrier after him (

He graduated (with distinction) from the US Naval Academy,
for one. Served seven years in the Navy for another, including
being selected by Rickover for the nuclear navy. He resigned
to take over the family business when his father died or he'd
probably never have went into politics.

All in all, I'd say he's *far* more appropriate a choice than
Reagan. And arguably a better choice than Bush. But he
gets a sub named after him, which seems to be appropriate
since he's the only submariner to serve as President.

As an another aside, ships also have sponsors, as Nancy
Reagan is for the USS Ronald Reagan and Rosalind
Carter is for the USS Jimmy Carter. For the USS George
HW Bush? Doro B. Koch, Bush's daughter. What's up
with that? Koch is the Bush's sponsor?

"Jeff Franks" wrote ...
IIRC, I believe the Kitty Hawk is the oldest in the fleet now...and now
the
last conventional.

The America is no longer in service? When I was stationed aboard the
Nimitz, the America was also there in Norfolk... I knew some guys from ET
'A' school who were stationed aboard her...

Now, if they would take some of these carriers that they are retiring and
sink them as artifical reefs, that would make for some interesting diving...

In article , Big John
wrote:

Jay

The "Jimmy Carter" is under construction and will probably replace the
one that is oldest now. It's condition inspection may have shown it to
be in best shape so was extended until the Carter comes on line?

As an aside, what did Jimmy ever do to warrant naming a carrier after
him (

iirc, during his administration the Navy buildup was started.

--
Bob Noel