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Re: To ladder or turbolift?
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 19:16:44 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.space, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.space, James Simpson writes:
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> > > Two weeks ago I visited the USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier
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> > Ugh, that means you were in Corpus Christi. I'm sorry. :P
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> I didn't know that CV-16 was still afloat!
Oh, don't worry, it's not. It's firmly cemented in place. I assure you, it
does no "floating". :D
eric
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| (...) I didn't know that CV-16 was still afloat! It was converted along with the other Essex-class carriers still in service in the 1950s to have the angled flight deck, and redeployed as ASW ships in the late 1950s. I think they were redesignated (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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