U.S. Navy Ships
“I saw these ships come sailing in...”
Ships in U.S. naval history
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USS Ronald Reagan Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective  When the Bridge pipes “Man the Rail”, there’s a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4.5 acres. Her displacement is 100,000 tons with full complement. Capability Top speed exceeds 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling. 1. Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years 2. Carries over 80 combat aircraft 3. Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet Size 1. Towers 20 stories above the waterline 2. 1092 feet long - nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall 3. Flight deck covers 4.5 acres 4. 4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200 pounds 5. 2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet, weighing 50 tons 6. 4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet Capacity 1. Home to 6,000 Navy personnel 2. Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days 3. 18,150 meals served daily 4. Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2,000 homes 5. Nearly 30,000 light fixtures, 1,325 miles of cable, and 1,400 telephones 6. 14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets USS Jimmy Carter  The USS Jimmy Carter is a secret aircraft carrier, based on Canada’s STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) technology. It’s so secret that noone knows whether it did “takeoff.” USS William Jefferson Clinton  The USS William Jefferson Clinton set sail today from its home port of Vancouver, B.C. The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton “for his foresight in military budget cuts” and his conduct while formerly holding the office of President. The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one unarmed F14 Tomcat or one unarmed F18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched from the 100 foot flight deck, form a very menacing presence. As a standing order, there are no firearms allowed on board. This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs. An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and though some may seem hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere. In times of conflict, the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada. USS Barack Hussein Obama  Details are vague. But don’t worry - he has a plan. Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenel A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. - Henry Kissinger Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. - Mikhail Bakunin We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Martin Luther King Jr. Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. - Henry Hazlitt The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. - Thomas Aquinas Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. - George Pataki Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.) At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. - Lyndon B. Johnson When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill see also History, Military & Ship Sections Canada’s Secret Aircraft Carrier Defence Budget Cuts
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