Two New Ships For the Navy  

Posted by Stan Harrington

U.S.S. RONALD REAGAN



The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan has joined the fleet, in this picture her crew is "manning the rail" to pay honors to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. It is a great size comparison to give you a idea of just how large this modern vessel is. Her displacement is 100,000 tons with full compliment with speeds exceeding 30 knots. She will operate with two nuclear reactors with no need to refuel for 20 years. She stands 20 stories above the waterline with a flight deck that consists of 4.5 acres. Her bronze propellers are each 21 feet across and weighs 66,200 pounds. Fully loaded, she carries a complement of 6,000 personnel. Her distillation plants produce 400,000 gallons of fresh water per day from sea water. Her air wing compliment is in excess of 200 aircraft of various types.



The second ship to join our Naval Fleet is the

U.S.S. William Jefferson Clinton

The Clinton set sail from her homeport of Vancouver, British Columbia enroute to Seattle, Washington. She is the first of it's kind and is standing legacy to President Clinton for his foresight in military budget cuts and conduct while President. The ship is constructed entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with top speeds exceeding five knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised one one (1) unarmed F14 Tomcat or one (1) unarmed F18 Hornet although they cannot be launched or recovered from the 100 foot flight deck.

No firearms are allowed onboard, the 20 man crew is completely diversified including members of all races, creeds, sex, and sexual orientation. This crew, like the crew onboard the U.S.S Jimmy Carter is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs.

The ships mission is not defined as a unit of national defence, but in times of conflict the Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada. The ship was renamed and commissioned the U.S.S. William Jefferson Clinton when someone realized the original name was already used by a Navy Submarine, the U.S.S. Blowfish.

This entry was posted on September 9, 2007 at Sunday, September 09, 2007 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments feed .

8 comments

humor in uniform......i remember watching a carrier at one time with the men "manning the rail" I was real little and on some ones shoulders...was it you? or was it your ship coming in?

9/11/07, 6:29 AM

Who has the conn on the Clinton?
J F Kerry at the helm? Monica, 1st mate? The Blowfish-was that named for Carter? Numerical designation- 0(zero).
Would a Harrier jump jet be beyond this vessels capabilities.

9/11/07, 6:04 PM

My September 11th started before I even had my morning coffee. I turned on the radio to catch news and weather-Unknownst to me FNC was doing real time rebroadcast of 9/11/01 as things actually happened. I sounded convincingly of a current time attack. Concerned for my family I dialed first Stan's phone(about 3am AK time) and then Pat. Sorry you all-I was had by the curse of HG Wells.

9/11/07, 6:11 PM

Yeh, thanksd for the wake up call -I already new it was 9/11 because I look at my calendar occcasionaly. By the way did you hear that the Japanese plan on bombing Pearl Harbor in early December?
Can't beleive that you thought it was the real thing, well maybe I can, a little

9/11/07, 7:50 PM

When you wrote the USS Clinton's homeport was in Canada I thought what!?!

I salute the USS Ronald Reagan!

9/11/07, 11:31 PM

That would be why we call him the Prattler!

9/12/07, 11:11 PM

The "Clinton" just needs a jump-jet or Raptor and it is a perfectly usable launch base. Then the crew could, at least, go get some lite beer, chips, and American cheese whilst holing up in Canada.

9/13/07, 5:13 AM

except for the downdraft, backwash from the takeoff it might handle a harrier but i doubt it.

9/17/07, 5:40 PM

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