Final Voyage for USS Enterprise

[tboo]

http://wtkr.com/2013/06/18/uss-enterprise-to-go-on-final-voyage-for-inactivation/

 

[mmntech]

I'm surprised they're scrapping such a historic ship.

 

[SunnyD]

I'm surprised they're scrapping such a historic ship.

Especially for a "nucuweer wessel", radiation contamination is probably a likely cause. A lot of historic ships have turned into museums and whatnot, but continuous exposure to radiation has a tendency to break down even the toughest of materials, making cleanup and upkeep of such a beast rather expensive in order to make her safe to the general public for years to come.

 

[PlanetJosh]

I thought it was about the tv show from the title. But good service from the ship over the decades. Maybe it even saved my life by launching cruise missiles that disrupted a terrorist plot that may have killed me had it not been thwarted.

 

[techs]

Don't worry. J.J. Abrams is planning a reboot.

 

[iamwiz82]

That was a tough ship

 

[Sonikku]

What is an even greater crying shame is that it's predecessor was scrapped. There wasn't any nuclear leakage from that thing.

 

[SSSnail]

What!!!? They're scrapping it, again??? I thought I posted the same thing almost a year ago with almost the exact title...

Edit: not quite a year ago, just last November... http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2281555

 

[The Boston Dangler]

"from the cuban missle crisis in august 1962..."



how much was spent on a 2-year overhaul 2 years before decommissioning?

 

[zzuupp]

I'm surprised they're scrapping such a historic ship.

They are pretty much going to gut her to get all eight reactors out.

 

[clamum]

What a badfuckingass ship.

 

[Maximilian]

How does this ship stack up against the nimitz class ones?

 

[Bacstar]

They are pretty much going to gut her to get all eight reactors out.

Pretty much this...

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/10/22/enterprise-nimitz-class-carriers-wont-be-museums.html

 

[Sonikku]

The next Enterprise better be a constitution class.

 

[sjwaste]

The next Enterprise better be a constitution class.

Galaxy class.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

The next Enterprise is already flying in space guys, don't worry.

Something like the Blackstar: http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Blackstar_Spaceplane.html

 

[Exterous]

Hmmm - I was all ready to be indignant that we had a George HW Bush in the navy but not an Enterprise but it looks like there might be a new one commissioned: CVN-80

 

[stevty2889]

How does this ship stack up against the nimitz class ones?

It's about 100 feet longer, but more narrow. Had a higher top speed than the Nimitz class. 8 smaller reactors vs 2 larger reactors, but didn't run all reactors at once. Hull was more curved as well, so not quite as stable as the Nimitz(would start rocking in rough waters, and had to chain down the aircraft).

I was on the Big E in 1996, during the last cruise of the A-6 Intruder.

 

[gmaster456]

I thought that ship was scrapped long ago.

 

[MaxPayne63]

I hope the last voyage isn't on a holodeck. What a disgrace that would be.

 

[piasabird]

Need to watch Star Trek. The Enterprise never dies.

 

[Maximilian]

It's about 100 feet longer, but more narrow. Had a higher top speed than the Nimitz class. 8 smaller reactors vs 2 larger reactors, but didn't run all reactors at once. Hull was more curved as well, so not quite as stable as the Nimitz(would start rocking in rough waters, and had to chain down the aircraft).

I was on the Big E in 1996, during the last cruise of the A-6 Intruder.

Cool, ive been googling and damn the USA loves its carriers... didnt realize there was a whole line of supercarriers predating the nimitz. Those old forrestal and kitty hawks look pretty formidable.

 

[Exterous]

Cool, ive been googling and damn the USA loves its carriers... didnt realize there was a whole line of supercarriers predating the nimitz. Those old forrestal and kitty hawks look pretty formidable.

Don't forget the Gerald R Ford class of new carriers

 

[dainthomas]

Cool, ive been googling and damn the USA loves its carriers... didnt realize there was a whole line of supercarriers predating the nimitz. Those old forrestal and kitty hawks look pretty formidable.

That's why the US Navy could wipe out any other navy in the world in a blink. As we learned in WWII, it's all about the air power. Russia and China would at least pose a challenge, but the outcome wouldn't be in doubt.

 

[spacejamz]

That's why the US Navy could wipe out any other navy in the world in a blink. As we learned in WWII, it's all about the air power. Russia and China would at least pose a challenge, but the outcome wouldn't be in doubt.

Still curious about a Red Storm Rising (Clancy) scenario where hundreds of anti ship missiles were launch against a carrier battle group to see if Aegis/Phalanx (are these still the current defense systems or is there something newer yet?) would be able to handle it.