"gatt" wrote

The ol' Kearsarge is still out there getting some!
That would correctly be, "the *new* Kearsarge is out there getting some."

The Kearsarge that was referenced earlier in the thread was scrapped in '74,
after construction as a Ticonderoga carrier in 46. The new Kearsarge was
commissioned in 93, I think I read, and carries helicopters, Harriers, and
Osprey, along with conventional landing craft, and hovercraft, and is
typically part of a Marine expeditionary force.
--
Jim in NC