"Ron Natalie" wrote

They could, but I wasn't aware we had actually had such (not
that they would tell me anyway). I figured the last CVN to
carry a nuke was the Indianapolis.

Well Ron, I don't see a "smiley", but you can't be serious.
The Indianapolis was a Cruiser (CA 35) not a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
(CVN). During my time in the Navy, we had only one CVN, the
Enterprise (CVN 65) and as a member of a Nuclear Weapons Technical
Inspection Team, I saw enough strategic weapons on board to do away
with the whole Soviet Union. That was the design mission for the
A-4 Skyhawk, one little plane, one big bomb, and one target. Of
course there were maybe 25 Skyhawks on board along with the A-1
Skyraiders, and the A-3 Skywarriors who's primary mission also was
a nuclear one.

Bob Moore