"Geoff Cashman" wrote in message
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PCU Jimmy Carter was christened on June 5th of this year.
She will join the fleet in 2005.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=13696

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

I just wish they'd ask around a bit before decommissioning old ones. Some of
us might find them handy.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:37:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

Don't worry yourself. Ship transfer systems are rather heavily built.
I don't think anyone's dropped a ship yet....

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Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself"
"Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today,
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Don't worry yourself. Ship transfer systems are rather heavily built.
I don't think anyone's dropped a ship yet....


Wow. Do you speak to everyone with such a smarmy tone? There's a new class
on how to interact with people effectively down at the community
college.....

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:09:44 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Wow. Do you speak to everyone with such a smarmy tone?

My tone is not smarmy, but yours is assinine.

It's a fact that text does not convey inflection or tone well. People
who see "smarmy" in everyone's posts tend to confuse "brief" with
"smarmy". They're not the same thing.

Besides, the question was not meant to be taken seriously (or it was
amazingly silly). Any reasonable person will see that, even if the
wheels look small, they're obviously substantial enough for the job.

--
Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself"
"Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today,
Photo Features, Military FAQs, and more - http://www.hazegray.org/

(Geoff Cashman) wrote:

USS Parche, SSN-683 is, according to the Naval Vessel Register,
still in commission though various other web resources list
her as having decommissioned in late 2003.

Parche is currently on deployment. My understanding is she will
decomm at the conclusion of the current deployment.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

"Geoff Cashman" wrote in message
...

PCU Jimmy Carter was christened on June 5th of this year.
She will join the fleet in 2005.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=13696

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

I just wish they'd ask around a bit before decommissioning old ones. Some of
us might find them handy.

Some interesting things in those pictures...

The barn she's coming out of is the facility formerly used to build
726's. Were all the 21's built there, or was just the Carter modified
there? (The LH barn is the one used for building 688's.)

D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.