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In the discussion thread: Iran Is Freaking Out Over The Second US Carrier On Its Way To The Gulf [View all]

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 11:14 AM

22. I thought there were 3 carriers in the Gulf? What about the VInson?

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=146

Deployable Battle Force Ships: 282
Total Ships Underway: 104 (37% of total)
Deployed Ships Underway: 64 (22% of total)
Attack Submarines Underway: 33
Other Underway: 40 (14% of total)
Total Ships Deployed/Underway: 148 (52% of total)
Ships Underway
Aircraft Carriers:
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - 5th Fleet
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - 5th Fleet
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 5th Fleet
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - Pacific Ocean
Amphibious Assault Ships:
USS Essex (LHD 2) - 7th Fleet
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - 7th Fleet
USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) - 5th Fleet

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66 replies	Author	Time	Post
Iran Is Freaking Out Over The Second US Carrier On Its Way To The Gulf [View all]	bananas	Apr 2012	OP
Ha ha	Zorro	Apr 2012	#1
bananas	Diclotican	Apr 2012	#2
International waters are international	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#3
Let's hope we didn't send an aircraft carrier that is ready to be decommissioned	think	Apr 2012	#4
The 5000 crew members are not expendable.	hack89	Apr 2012	#12
The 5000 crew members would be a causus belli	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#13
I think 5 would be a causus belli to this administration. nt	hack89	Apr 2012	#19
Not all the battleships were considered obsolete at the time.	amandabeech	Apr 2012	#41
There are only two types of Naval ships in the 21st Century:	bvar22	Apr 2012	#66
Yes, deployments are planned in advance ...	JustABozoOnThisBus	Apr 2012	#14
Can anyone show that Enterprise was diverted? nt	hack89	Apr 2012	#17
This is the current carrier locations	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#20
Looks like a standard East coast carrier deployment.	hack89	Apr 2012	#21
My thoughts also...	damyank913	Apr 2012	#46
Yes I agree the crew members are not expendable and I hope I in no way implied that.	think	Apr 2012	#30
Word.	kestrel91316	Apr 2012	#25
Carriers aren't expendable, full stop.	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#45
Agreed, n/t	MrBig	Apr 2012	#54
completely ridiculous notion - a carrier is never alone - they have their own battle group	Baclava	Apr 2012	#59
Sigh. nt	Codeine	Apr 2012	#62
Less convinced there won't be war.	earthside	Apr 2012	#5
Drill everywhere.	CAPHAVOC	Apr 2012	#9
Doubt it	OnlinePoker	Apr 2012	#27
I don't think that this drilling will do what you think it will do	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#43
Thanks for a bit of sanity in the stream of platitudes.	jimlup	Apr 2012	#34
how much gas and tax dollars is this costing ?	annm4peace	Apr 2012	#6
+1	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#16
the ship's commander will answer Revolutionary Guard questions?	BadtotheboneBob	Apr 2012	#7
headline in nov: iran declares war by sinking the uss enterprise	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#8
Yeah right......	Swede Atlanta	Apr 2012	#10
They have 400 Sunburn Missiles. Maybe even more. Deployed on the coast. Hidden.	CAPHAVOC	Apr 2012	#15
Not likely	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#23
If they're going through the Straits of Hormuz, they're in range	OnlinePoker	Apr 2012	#29
They wont go into the Straits...	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#33
Some say they do not have any	CAPHAVOC	Apr 2012	#35
No they don't - pure internet myth.	hack89	Apr 2012	#31
Wouldnt surprise me if US knew location of every sunburn	HooptieWagon	Apr 2012	#64
i was thinking more like gulf of tonkin	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#42
And if they did, they'd be nothing more than a smoking crater by dec.	Angleae	Apr 2012	#40
Yeah, the day the Enterprise submits to Iran's "questioning"	Arkana	Apr 2012	#11
I almost peed my pants laughing at that.	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#24
heheheehe	hibbing	Apr 2012	#38
That headline reads like something a teenager would write.	bitchkitty	Apr 2012	#18
+1	Purveyor	Apr 2012	#26
+2	snooper2	Apr 2012	#28
I thought there were 3 carriers in the Gulf? What about the VInson?	lib2DaBone	Apr 2012	#22
That's a hoot. They keep that shit up and the world will start calling it "The Arabian Gulf"	MADem	Apr 2012	#32
The Arabs already do... The Persians are not amused	BadtotheboneBob	Apr 2012	#47
Don't I know it.	MADem	Apr 2012	#49
It is due for decommissioning in 2013	Rosa Luxemburg	Apr 2012	#36
CVN-80	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#39
Don't hold your breath.	Angleae	Apr 2012	#51
I cant see	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#53
Their definition of "good" president is vastly different from anyone elses.	Angleae	Apr 2012	#61
It went through RCOH* in 1990.	MADem	Apr 2012	#50
"Speak softly but carry a big stick."	Fozzledick	Apr 2012	#37
my guess is that this is bluster for a domestic audience	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#44
I find this funny on a WHOLE other level....	Volaris	Apr 2012	#48
Wouldn't You?	Typical NYC Lib	Apr 2012	#52
"You may fire when ready, Gridley!"	unionworks	Apr 2012	#55
Do they read DU?	IDemo	Apr 2012	#56
How would you feel ?	legin	Apr 2012	#57
They're decommissioning the Enterprise? Man, I am getting old. n/t	Adsos Letter	Apr 2012	#58
It seems obvious that any country in Iran's situation would freak out.	polly7	Apr 2012	#60
"Freaking out" is just the sort of nomenclature that inspires journalistic respect.	Codeine	Apr 2012	#63
I dunno, seems pretty accurate reporting to me	HooptieWagon	Apr 2012	#65

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