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November 24, 2005
Two carriers in Newport
I have given up trying to comment on Tim's photo site so I will put it here.
Yeah one of the carrier is the USS Forrestal. It was built in 1951 and had been reclassified several times. The most recent classification was a training carrier, then in was decommissioned in 1993 and is still to be disposed of. Apparently in "April 2004 Navy officials identified ex-Forrestal as one of 24 decommissioned ships available to be sunk as artificial reefs." Seems like kind of a waste of a carrier to me.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/59.htm
The other one most people have heard of is the USS Saratoga which was built in 1952 and launched in 1956. She was also reclassified several times, and currently is on donation hold since being decommissioned in 1994. I am not quite sure why they are pushing to save the Saratoga more; I guess they just had better success in getting that one. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/60.htm
http://www.timlinden.com/photos/archive/newport_naval_ship.html
Posted by Jon at November 24, 2005 11:21 AM
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Jon the USS Saratoga is being saved to become a museum at Quonset Point. The reason the USS Forrestal is going be disposed of is it old and served it time. The new carriers are all nuclear powered and have modern systems.
Posted by: Ken Haynes at December 5, 2005 11:29 PM