Return to Article: Navy defends decision to retire carrier
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This link (http://www.nol.navy.mil/homepages/cv67/History.htm) to a navy website states "From January to October 2003 Kennedy underwent the largest maintenance period ever conducted pierside. The Navy invested more than $300 million in living spaces, steam plants, computer systems and more, extending the life of Big John to 2018." This is just one of many updates mentioned in the Web article.
How can Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark say "the 38-year-old Kennedy, which is not nuclear-powered, should be retired because it had never been modernized?"
What is $300 Million dollars, chicken feed?
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If nuclear carriers have 50 year service lives, why does the JFK have to be decommissioned after only 38 years? Maybe someone should investigate why this carrier was allowed to deteroriate so badly, that it now costs a forture to fix it. Sounds like years of benign neglect, or was it just negligence? The Navy is decommissioning ships at a record pace, and the number of active duty personnel is decreasing, as least for enlisted men. Also, the F-14 Tomcat is being put out of service, as was the A-6 Intruder, while the F-18 Hornets are taking on the missions of both. Fewer types of aircraft should be less expensive, right? Also, many bases have been closed over the past decade or more. What were those savings? These measures should have provided enough money to keep 11 carriers in service. Maybe the Navy can explain what happened to those savings. Let's not let the fleet shrink to an unsafe level. Remember Pearl Harbor, and 9/11!
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