Milsurp After Hours

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, has made its final voyage after 51 years of service and has arrived at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia to be deactivated.But the famed ship is eventually headed for Washington.After spent fuel is removed at Norfolk, the Navy plans to tow the Enterprise to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton

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I had a tour of the USS Enterprise in Singapore in 1971. We walked the flight deck and went down to the hanger deck. An interesting visit for me. The ship had more aircraft than most RAF stations even in those days when we had a few aircraft in the RAF. We don't seem to have many now and the RAF has half the people it had when I was in it.

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Peter.