1981 - USS Oriskany Reactivated - Plot the Rebuild
It's the summer of 1981 and the Reagan defense buildup is in earnest. Congress agrees to fund the reactivation not only of the USS New Jersey, but also the USS Oriskany as well. You are placed in...
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....and 4100 minus 1600 air wing = 2500. Even the 1990 figure still gives 2700. So 600 more than an Essex, for a lot more CVW capability.
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jlyons97 wrote:And, just remembered a conversation re FDR right after decom. Question posed by CINCLANT to COS of the BG staff: 'Why was #3 catapult taken out of service...Read More
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seasick wrote:I see the Oriskany in the 1980s as an amphibious warfare support carrier outside the mission of LPH/LHA class ships.Mission: Aircraft carrier dedicated to supporting amphibious...
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If I rememeber right the De Moins was the preferred ship over the Iowa's for Tomahawk conversion but it was too far gone to be worth the effort. The study that compared the two ships said it could...
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I remember they talked about bringing the Des Moines class back also but don't know much about their condition.I did see her a lot in the early 80's and on the outside she looked good,by 90/91 she...
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From what I remember it was supposed to be a similar refit as the Iowa's. Minimum refit for it to operate with the fleet and around 32 tomahawk's.
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Des Monies and her sisters along with Canberra spent a lot of time providing fire support off Vietnam.They were being used up so to speak. Canberra the former CG-2 turned back to CA-69.
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seasick wrote:Des Monies and her sisters along with Canberra spent a lot of time providing fire support off Vietnam.They were being used up so to speak. Canberra the former CG-2 turned back to...
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ghostrider wrote:seasick wrote:Des Monies and her sisters along with Canberra spent a lot of time providing fire support off Vietnam.They were being ...Read More
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IcelofAngeln wrote:jlyons97 wrote:And, just remembered a conversation re FDR right after decom. Question posed by CINCLANT to C...Read More
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We had a discussion here several years ago about why FDR was decommissioned and scrapped when she was. I didn't save the date info, nor who said what, but here is most of the conversation:...
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Curious. This business of GE vs Westinghouse turbine, and the other things about austere et al. Was once the owner operator of a couple of GE turbine sets. Just a sample size of one, mind. But many...
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jlyons97 wrote:Curious. This business of GE vs Westinghouse turbine, and the other things about austere et al. Was once the owner operator of a couple of GE turbine sets. Just a sa...Read More
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The author speaks with authority, particularly as an experienced member of the engineering dept over the course of many months.. A couple of years later I was Chief Observer for a Full Power trial on...
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jlyons97 wrote:The experience of putting as ship out of commission is indeed a sad one. You never realize what living, breathing organisms ships are until everything is shut down. And it's.......Read...
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[FDR] was quickly sold for scrap, for two reasons: her poor condition and inability to operate many modern aircraft made her of little value, and the Navy was afraid that Congress would cut funding...
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seasick wrote:I remember reading on this board some years back that the FDR had become a snake-bitten ship and the USN was anxious to get rid of her in the 1970s. My father ...Read More
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The Navy has a tradition of letting old ships/ships they don't want to keep around (or just don't want to spend money on) got to pot, even if they are major units. For a modern reference see the...
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