DanBo
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Loc: State College
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The JFK is still serving, which is odd since the entire Naval fleet is surviving on a tight budget. It's used mostly for training new pilots. It pulled into Norfolk NS in mid-July, right after it had gone underway for the beerfest known as Naval Week.
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woodpa
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Reged: 08/18/05
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This is the USS Inchon - MCS 12 - formerly LPH - 12
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woodpa
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Reged: 08/18/05
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This is the USS Des Moines - CA -134
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Flababo
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Reged: 07/17/05
Posts: 57
Loc: Southeastern Pennsylvania
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This is the USS Inchon (LPH-12), an Iwo Jima class helicopter assault carrier. She was in Philadelphia in preparation for her final assignment as a target ship. Shortly after this was taken, she was towed out to sea and sunk.
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Delta102
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Reged: 07/07/05
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Loc: United States
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Try this http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org grin:
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DomUK
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Reged: 08/17/05
Posts: 43
Loc: Berkshire, UK
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Well, I cant see a "63" painted on it Viper, but this carrier is in Yokosuka, so it should be USS Kitty Hawk.
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Iliketodropbombs
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Reged: 09/12/05
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This ship is the USS Inchon LPH12. She was an Iwo-Jima class helicopter carrier. She was converted to a mine-countermeasures ship, but is now decommissioned.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lph-2.htm
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RocketFox
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Reged: 09/10/05
Posts: 363
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Offered for your consideration, the USS North Carolina, the "Showboat"...
Lo-Rez overhead, HIgh Quailty website.
(New Improved resolution! a must see ! )
I get to drive past it every day.
The tour (below) is exceptional, come visit..
http://www.battleshipnc.com/index.html
Edited by RocketFox (09/17/05 06:18 AM)
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ThorViking
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Reged: 08/26/05
Posts: 5
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The attached overlay shows the current position of the USS Midway (CVB 41) museum in San Diego.
The Midway - San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum
There are many wonderful things to see on the Earth,
but unfortunately this was previously posted. You can
find the original post and placemark HERE. Duplicate
placemark removed. Please remember to enable all the
Community Layers in Google Earth and to Search the
Forum before posting.
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Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once.
Edited by Chief_Sparky (02/12/06 04:52 PM)
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wdossel
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Reged: 07/09/05
Posts: 106
Loc: Woodbridge, VA
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Quote:
No rest for the weary.. once you've got this one solved, how about tackling the one on the opposite side of the anchorage.
That looks to me like a carrier- an old one, but a carrier. There is a 12 on the bow, but it isn't the USS Hornet- not long enough, and the Hornet is sitting at Alameda Point.
That isn't CV 21 either-- the USS Boxer was scrapped back in '71, and this one isn;t long enough anyway by about 300 feet (3.4 million snots?).
USS Inchon(LPH-12)- amphib assault ship, aka MCS-12 (mine control ship). Pic from ground level at Philly: 
More about ex-USS Inchon
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Woodbridge, VA
What on earth is a Steeljaw?
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