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To: D. Long who wrote (159586)	3/1/2006 7:26:40 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 793563

The decommissioned carriers will probably just be mothballed and can be reactivated, luckily. Maybe. Lets look at some of the more recently deactivated carriers. See info at bottom of post - (Info from hazegray.org or links off that page) I suppose if we go down to 10 carriers we would add CVN 77, and get rid of the Kitty Hawk, John F. Kennedy, and Enterprise. Maybe the Enterprise would be left in reserve. It underwent extensive reconstruction in the early 90s. Possibly the JFK as well. I don't think the Kitty Hawk will be kept around after CVN 77 comes in to service even as a reserve. If/when the CVNX carriers come in to service than the JFK and Enterprise might be scrapped, and the Nimitz and maybe the Eisenhower could be reserves. If the CVNX ships come in on schedule and we only keep 10 carriers the Nimitz would be decomishined around the middle of the next decade. If we keep 12 than the Nimitz will be kept active for for at least another 10 years after that, maybe more if budget cuts delay new carrier building. ------ Forrestal CV 59 - " Completed last cruise as an operational carrier 12/1991, then replaced Lexington as the training carrier. Redesignated as an auxiliary aircraft landing training ship (AVT 59) 4 Feb 1992. It was intended that she could be returned to service as an operational carrier in one year if required. Conducted limited training operations, then started overhaul and conversion to training role at Philadelphia Navy Yard. The AVT program was eliminated and the overhaul was cancelled mid-1993; ship decommissioned and stricken for disposal 10 September 1993. Overhaul was left incomplete and ship was stripped to support other CV/CVNs. Approved for disposal 28 Feb 1996. Museum effort at Baltimore seems unlikely to succeed. Ship stored at Philadelphia pending disposal; moved to Newport, RI for long-term storage 18 September 1998. May be preserved at Tampa, FL." Saratoga CV 60 "Decommissioned and stricken for disposal 30 Sept 1994 at Mayport. Was in very poor condition at time of decommissioning. Museum effort at Jacksonville FL failed. Hulk towed to Philadelphia 5/95, where she was stored pending disposal. Approved for disposal 28 February 1995. Moved to Newport, RI, for long-term storage 7 August 1998. Has been extensively stripped to support other CV/CVNs." Ranger CV 61 "Completed last cruise 1992. Decommissioned to reserve 10 July 1993, laid up at Bremerton WA. Reported to be in poor condition." Independence CV 62 "Replaced Midway as forward-deployed carrier in Japan, 1991. Island was extensively enlarged during SLEP and other modernizations. Replaced by Kitty Hawk 7/1998 and decommissioned to reserve 30 September 1998." America CV 66 "Did not receive SLEP; reported to be in poor condition during last deployment. Decommissioned to reserve 9 August 1996. Initially laid up at Norfolk; moved to Philadelphia 9/1997. Stricken for disposal 10/1998" Constellation CV 64 Had been scheduled to replace Independence in Japan in 1998 and serve through 2008, but was found to be in worse condition than Kitty Hawk; now scheduled to decommission 2003