Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Boston, late ‘53 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 a some did not make it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 There had to be others in places like Norfolk, San Diego, Bremerton… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 A lot of the ones in the photo are Jeep Carriers. I don't believe those that survived the war served long after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Jeep carriers, thin hulls, little armament, just used to transport replacement planes or land based planes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 are those staged for decommissioning ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 The one closest was uss leyte, cva 32, later made cvs32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 The big one in the front, the Leyte, was an Essex class. There were 24 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Hell we even had paddle wheel aircraft carriers that plied the Great Lakes during WWII. (Used for training pilots.) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 (edited) Pulled out the 1946-1947 Jane's Fighting Ships. As of 1946, the US Navy fleet strength was as follows: 18 Battleships 2 Battle Cruisers (Alaska class) 27 Fleet carriers (including the light carriers built on cruiser hulls) 70 escort carriers 31 heavy cruisers 48 light cruisers 367 destroyers 295 destroyer escorts 200 submarines Edited October 3 by Chantry 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 There were about 122 Escort carriers actually built. A couple of those were never commissioned. A few more were started but never finished. Several were sent to the British as part of the lend / lease program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) Still comforting to look at. We did it once. We should do it again. Blanket the seas with carriers and other nasty ships of war just to let folks around the world we can....and suggest we will use them if necessary. Of course that will never happen as along as we keep electing woosie socialists to everything from the White House to garbage inspectors. Edited October 4 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 12 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: ill comforting to look at. We did it once. We should do it again. Blanket the seas with carriers and other nasty ships of war just to let folks around the world we can....and suggest we will use them if necessary. Of course that will never happen as along as we keep electing woosie socialists to everything from the White House to garbage inspectors. Can’t afford to crew them and keep ‘em at sea. not even if the billionaires paid their taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 6 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Can’t afford to crew them and keep ‘em at sea. not even if the billionaires paid their taxes. You might want to check out how much the rich pay as a percent of total tax receipts. Lotta propaganda out there without adding more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 If every American billionaire paid 100% of what they own to the government it would fund less than a year of the annual federal budget. No panacea there. Seamus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 36 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Can’t afford to crew them and keep ‘em at sea. not even if the billionaires paid their taxes. We could if we stopped giving away OUR money to every back woods, dictatorial, socialist, anti-American country and cause on the planet, including our allies who let us carry them but don't really support us, and started keep OUR tax money for US! There are maybe a dozen countries that we absolutely MUST support and protect, but way too many have been riding our coat tails for entirely too long. Many of them wouldn't even exist if we hadn't saved their unappreciative butts and a lot have become our worst enemies. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 7 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: We could if we stopped giving away OUR money to every back woods, dictatorial, socialist, anti-American country and cause on the planet, including our allies who let us carry them but don't really support us, and started keep OUR tax money for US! There are maybe a dozen countries that we absolutely MUST support and protect, but way too many have been riding our coat tails for entirely too long. Many of them wouldn't even exist if we hadn't saved their unappreciative butts and a lot have become our worst enemies. Then you’ll only need a million or so qualified sailors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 7 hours ago, Seamus McGillicuddy said: If every American billionaire paid 100% of what they own to the government it would fund less than a year of the annual federal budget. No panacea there. Seamus I've read that it would actually be but a few days.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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