BRIAN P EHNI <bpehni@gmail.com> wrote in
news:2015041708245420247-bpehni@gmailcom:
> On 2015-04-16 23:38:32 +0000, john szalay said:
>
>> USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) left storage under tow thursday bound for
>> the breakers yard in texas.
>> last reported position passing Clallam Bay in Strait of Juan de
>> Fuca
>> reportedly under tow by tug Crosby Leader on a five-month,
>> 16,000-mile trip
>>
>> and in the breakers yards
>>
>> USS Forrestal (CV-59) already down to the hull with flight deck
>> removed
>>
>> USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60) part of the flight deck and island
>> already removed
>>
>> USS Constellation (CV-64) fantail part of the flight deck gone
>
> That's sad.
>
> Brian Ehni
>
IF you use google Earth to view the area, you have to use the time slider
to see "the progress". the defualt image is from Jan 2014 and none of
the carriers were in place yet.. there are 4 images later then the Jan
2014 default.
at the rate they are reducing them, I suspect the the Forrestal will be
gone by the time the Ranger arrives..
they are not wasting any time with the scrapping...
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