Petition for new USS Enterprise - Aircraft of World War II

diddyriddick · 08-01-2009, 09:58 AM

Don't know if ya'll have seen this, but thought you might like to.

A Petition to name the next United States Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier the USS ENTERPRISE

syscom3 · 08-01-2009, 10:53 AM

From wiki:

"The USS Enterprise, the oldest active combat vessel in the Navy as of 2009, had been scheduled to be decommissioned as late as 2014. On April 6, 2009 Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, stated that he would be seeking a congressional dispensation to speed up the process. Under this new timetable, the ship would complete one final deployment before being decommissioned in late 2012 or early 2013. This would temporarily reduce the U.S. Navy to having only ten active aircraft carriers through the launch of the USS Gerald R. Ford in 2015. The Navy's reasoning for the earlier decommission date is due to the cost of operating eight nuclear reactors, which consumes a significantly larger amount of funds compared to the two-reactor Nimitz class. The process of taking the ship out of active service is expected to take some time due to the ship's eight nuclear reactors. The Enterprise will be the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier ever to be decommissioned by the United States Navy. [17] If the waiver is approved by Congress, Enterprise would retire after over 50 years of continuous service."

Lucky13 · 08-01-2009, 11:36 AM

Probably will see a new Enterprise carrier in the future, as the next new class will return to old names instead for Presidents. So, here's to hoping for a new USS Yorktown CVN-?

vikingBerserker · 08-01-2009, 11:41 AM

I cannot wait until they do that. It's one thing to name Carriers after incredible presidents like Washington & Lincoln, it's another to name them after non-incredible presidents like Ford and Bush. If you have to name them after a person, why not after somebody that actually fought on the front lines. I always that "Crazy Horse" would be a great name for a carrier.

syscom3 · 08-01-2009, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikingBerserker

I cannot wait until they do that. It's one thing to name Carriers after incredible presidents like Washington & Lincoln, it's another to name them after non-incredible presidents like Ford and Bush. If you have to name them after a person, why not after somebody that actually fought on the front lines. I always that "Crazy Horse" would be a great name for a carrier.

And naming them after politicians who were basically nobodies .... like the Stinson or Stennis.

Maybe Bush deserves to have a carrier named after him because he was a naval aviator who did fight in some of the epic battles of that war.

wheelsup_cavu · 08-01-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syscom3

And naming them after politicians who were basically nobodies .... like the Stinson or Stennis.

Maybe Bush deserves to have a carrier named after him because he was a naval aviator who did fight in some of the epic battles of that war.

Gerald Ford served in the navy during WW II also.
Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some pretty important battles on his career list too.

Wheels

syscom3 · 08-01-2009, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu

Gerald Ford served in the navy during WW II also.
Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some pretty important battles on his career list too.

Wheels

But he wasnt a naval aviator like Bush was.

Not to say President Ford wasn't a hero by his own actions.

Vassili Zaitzev · 08-01-2009, 02:06 PM

Be cool for a new Enterprise. Wonder if they'll name any carriers Pershing, or Patton?

beaupower32 · 08-04-2009, 02:04 PM

How about the USS Douglas MacArthur. I think that would be a great name. But I like the Enterprise, Lexington, and Yorktown as well.

ToughOmbre · 08-04-2009, 02:08 PM

My preference would be to name carriers after famous battles.

I'm with Lucky.....

USS Yorktown

TO

Messy1 · 08-04-2009, 02:17 PM

I've got a soft spot for the Yorktown too! Ranger as well since my father served on the Ranger during Vietnam.

diddyriddick · 08-04-2009, 04:14 PM

I vote we name one the USS Diddyriddick!

No?

Messy1 · 08-04-2009, 04:53 PM

It would definitely be a name that sticks with you.

DBII · 08-04-2009, 05:02 PM

ooonnnooo,can a USS Nixion be far behind? He was a navy guy. I vote for Yorktown.

DBII

comiso90 · 08-04-2009, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syscom3

From wiki:

"The USS Enterprise, the oldest active combat vessel in the Navy as of 2009, had been scheduled to be decommissioned as late as 2014. On April 6, 2009 Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, stated that he would be seeking a congressional dispensation to speed up the process. Under this new timetable, the ship would complete one final deployment before being decommissioned in late 2012 or early 2013. This would temporarily reduce the U.S. Navy to having only ten active aircraft carriers through the launch of the USS Gerald R. Ford in 2015. The Navy's reasoning for the earlier decommission date is due to the cost of operating eight nuclear reactors, which consumes a significantly larger amount of funds compared to the two-reactor Nimitz class. The process of taking the ship out of active service is expected to take some time due to the ship's eight nuclear reactors. The Enterprise will be the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier ever to be decommissioned by the United States Navy. [17] If the waiver is approved by Congress, Enterprise would retire after over 50 years of continuous service."

I wonder if they will scrap her? seems like scraping wouldnt be worth it... I think she's too big to keep as a museum and it would be too expensive to prepare her as an artificial reef. Once they remove the reactors, how would they get her to the scrapping location? maybe they'll just do what they did with the USS America:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)

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Murdoc Online USS AMERICA’s grave

Sell her to Israel!

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08-01-2009, 09:58 AM	#1
diddyriddick Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US Posts: 1,103	Petition for new USS Enterprise Don't know if ya'll have seen this, but thought you might like to. A Petition to name the next United States Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier the USS ENTERPRISE

08-01-2009, 10:53 AM	#2
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,809	From wiki: "The USS Enterprise, the oldest active combat vessel in the Navy as of 2009, had been scheduled to be decommissioned as late as 2014. On April 6, 2009 Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, stated that he would be seeking a congressional dispensation to speed up the process. Under this new timetable, the ship would complete one final deployment before being decommissioned in late 2012 or early 2013. This would temporarily reduce the U.S. Navy to having only ten active aircraft carriers through the launch of the USS Gerald R. Ford in 2015. The Navy's reasoning for the earlier decommission date is due to the cost of operating eight nuclear reactors, which consumes a significantly larger amount of funds compared to the two-reactor Nimitz class. The process of taking the ship out of active service is expected to take some time due to the ship's eight nuclear reactors. The Enterprise will be the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier ever to be decommissioned by the United States Navy. [17] If the waiver is approved by Congress, Enterprise would retire after over 50 years of continuous service." __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

08-01-2009, 11:36 AM	#3
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Probably will see a new Enterprise carrier in the future, as the next new class will return to old names instead for Presidents. So, here's to hoping for a new USS Yorktown CVN-? __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

08-01-2009, 11:41 AM	#4
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 6,174	I cannot wait until they do that. It's one thing to name Carriers after incredible presidents like Washington & Lincoln, it's another to name them after non-incredible presidents like Ford and Bush. If you have to name them after a person, why not after somebody that actually fought on the front lines. I always that "Crazy Horse" would be a great name for a carrier. __________________ Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back. - Samurai maxim

08-01-2009, 02:06 PM	#8
Vassili Zaitzev Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut Posts: 2,482	Be cool for a new Enterprise. Wonder if they'll name any carriers Pershing, or Patton? __________________ "Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.

08-04-2009, 02:04 PM	#9
beaupower32 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charleston, South Carolina Posts: 1,295	How about the USS Douglas MacArthur. I think that would be a great name. But I like the Enterprise, Lexington, and Yorktown as well. __________________ The Gates of Hell are open Day and Night. A Guilty Conscience is the Hell of a Living Soul. Abandon All Hope, You who Enter here. Dante's Inferno

08-04-2009, 02:08 PM	#10
ToughOmbre Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 3,531	My preference would be to name carriers after famous battles. I'm with Lucky..... USS Yorktown TO __________________ *“Let's get Enterprise* and Hornet turned into the wind."**

08-04-2009, 02:17 PM	#11
Messy1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa Posts: 1,678	I've got a soft spot for the Yorktown too! Ranger as well since my father served on the Ranger during Vietnam. __________________ "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "When you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!" Franklin Roosevelt

08-04-2009, 04:14 PM	#12
diddyriddick Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US Posts: 1,103	I vote we name one the USS Diddyriddick! No?

08-04-2009, 04:53 PM	#13
Messy1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa Posts: 1,678	It would definitely be a name that sticks with you. __________________ "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "When you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!" Franklin Roosevelt

08-04-2009, 05:02 PM	#14
DBII Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,773	ooonnnooo,can a USS Nixion be far behind? He was a navy guy. I vote for Yorktown. DBII

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