Why US Navy Retire the $9.7 Billion USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier



USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy (USN), and the lead ship of her class. She is one of the largest …

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23 thoughts on “Why US Navy Retire the $9.7 Billion USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier”

  1. Who are they going to get to staff the new ships ? Nobody wants to join the armed forces in the current situation. As long as command continues to crap on 98% of the enlisted to satisfy 2% no one will enlist.

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  2. The "arrestor net" is for EMERGENCY aircraft recovery ONLY. Otherwise she has 4 reusable arrestor cables like other carriers with the exception of the Ford class, assuming that they can ever get them away from the pier & out to sea, LMBO.
    If you're going to be thorough & ACCURATE in your videos you need to get the facts straight please. I like your videos as a rule & this is the first time I've ever had cause to write you like this. 👍

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  3. Had to smile that while discussing Ford’s power generating capacity we were treated to video of sailors first changing burners on a boiler then lighting off a boiler. Steam is King!

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  4. Whats the point of a "water" ship when clearly the future holds "space battles" and "orbital bombardments" as the next level of warfare? In other words, time to build a space battleship yamamomo :3

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  5. I remember when the Nimitz hit a storm and went back to 1941. The captain cleared the deck of jets and tried to stop Pearl Harbour but he shat out of it and told them to come back.

    That was the worst movie I've ever watched.

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