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Didn't the enterprise (the original) get sunk at Midway or coral sea, and had to be rescued by a British taskforce

Some names for the new carrier:

USS John Paul Jones, USS Lafayette, USS 7-11 , USS MacArthur ("the navy has never let me down," American Caesar page 644) USS Inchon, USS Roosevelt, etc etc

Ummm, no.

Enterprise never got sunk. The Japanese thought they sunk her on 3 occasions. Hence why she was named the Grey Ghost. They just couldn't kill her.

She was deactivated and scrapped in 1960


The current Enterprise was launched in 1961

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
Didn't the enterprise (the original) get sunk at Midway or coral sea, and had to be rescued by a British taskforce

No. You are probably thinking of CV2 Lexington sunk at Coral Sea.

Some names for the new carrier:

USS John Paul Jones DDG-53, USS Lafayette SSBN 616, USS MacArthur never happen, USS Inchon LPH-12, USS Roosevelt FDR or Teddy? DDG-80 and CVN-71

 Grey Templar wrote:


She was deactivated and scrapped in 1960

Which was and is fething criminal.

I would make the case for MacArthur being America's greatest ever commander. Yeah, I know he was army, but he had a high regard for the navy.

It would have to be Teddy over FDR.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I would make the case for MacArthur being America's greatest ever commander. Yeah, I know he was army, but he had a high regard for the navy.

It would have to be Teddy over FDR.

The best MacArthur could ever do is one of the "hero" classes like the Burkes.

I love that picture.

I'm all for either World War II names or else head back to the revolution/1812 for inspiration. I doubt it'll happen, though. Instead, we'll continue to look forward to seeing the USS Murtha and so forth.

Why don't you get companies to sponsor your ships?

Though the USS Pepsi Max and the USS Coca Cola couldn't ever serve in the same fleet

Disney should start sponsoring the US navy.

Here is a starting lineup of ships

USS Disney

USS Mickey

USS Donald

USS Goofy

USS Princess


And in celebration of the recent aquisition,

USS Vader

USS Skywalker

USS Palpatine

USS Alderaan

USS Solo

USS Endor


And some minor designations

Jar Jar class CAS attack helicopter

Gungun. A new Spec Ops unit specializing in counter terrorisim.

Plus it might help cut your stupidly bloated military budget

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Plus it might help cut your stupidly bloated military budget

Who you calling "scruffy looking"??!?!?

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Plus it might help cut your stupidly bloated military budget

We spend 4.7% of our GDP on the military, which is higher then others.

However, we also spend more on Healthcare then anyone else in the world.


So its not like the military is taking money away from anything. Its not a huge consumer of our national budget. Its Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlements that eat up all the money.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Plus it might help cut your stupidly bloated military budget

We spend 4.7% of our GDP on the military, which is higher then others.

However, we also spend more on Healthcare then anyone else in the world.


So its not like the military is taking money away from anything. Its not a huge consumer of our national budget. Its Medicare, Social Security, and other entitlements that eat up all the money.

Right

Military spending isn't the issue... sure, we can cut some fat, but it'd be insignificant. As long as we want to be super-powerish and protect our assests/shipping lanes, we'll continue to spend that much.

Nerf herder

 Grey Templar wrote:
We spend 4.7% of our GDP on the military, which is higher then others.

I'm not going to get into it since I am sure we will have different opinions on your military spending

However, we also spend more on Healthcare then anyone else in the world.

And only get about the 44th best level of care in the world... the vast majority of your costs go into the pockets of insurance companies and their friends. Invest in universal healthcare - everyone pays less and gets better care

So its not like the military is taking money away from anything. Its not a huge consumer of our national budget.

Of course it is - any money the government spends can't be spent on something else

Of course this illustrates that money doesn't solve anything.

We should look at reforming healthcare and stop saying "O'NOES, we are making bombz. Bombz is bad!!!, lets spend it on medicine!!!"

Or save money on healthcare by making a more efficient system, save more money by cutting back on military spending, then either invest the rest in infrastructure, education, etc, or cut taxes.

Everyone wins!

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Or save money on healthcare by making a more efficient system, save more money by cutting back on military spending, then either invest the rest in infrastructure, education, etc, or cut taxes.

Everyone wins!

Psst... btw... that 44th in the world is patently false.

But, yeah we spend lots of dough in Heathcare...

 whembly wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Or save money on healthcare by making a more efficient system, save more money by cutting back on military spending, then either invest the rest in infrastructure, education, etc, or cut taxes.

Everyone wins!

Psst... btw... that 44th in the world is patently false.

But, yeah we spend lots of dough in Heathcare...

Ok, 37th, with the worlds highest (by far) expenditure

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Or save money on healthcare by making a more efficient system, save more money by cutting back on military spending, then either invest the rest in infrastructure, education, etc, or cut taxes.

Everyone wins!

Psst... btw... that 44th in the world is patently false.

But, yeah we spend lots of dough in Heathcare...

Ok, 37th, with the worlds highest (by far) expenditure

Not that list again....

A) It's incredibly biased
B) It's was done 'once' in 2000
C) I wish folks would stop pushing that meme

Folks think that our healthcare is in the dark ages...

Simply put, I'd put our healthcare up against any in the world.

That... this is a different topic. This is about the Enterprise being retired.

 whembly wrote:
Not that list again....

A) It's incredibly biased
B) It's was done 'once' in 2000
C) I wish folks would stop pushing that meme

Folks think that our healthcare is in the dark ages...

Simply put, I'd put our healthcare up against any in the world.

How about something more recent dealing with hard numbers?

That... this is a different topic. This is about the Enterprise being retired.

True

It will be interesting to see the next ship to carry the name.