PETITION: To name the 2nd FORD Class US Nuclear Carrier, CVN-79 as the USS Enterprise

[siegecrossbow]

Jeff Head, a naval enthusiast from sinodefenceforum, wanted me to pass on this message:

For all US citizens, US veterans, US Military personnel, and particularly US Navy personnel and veterans and their families...and for anyone well disposed towards the US and its Navy...we just started today (Feb 1, 2011) petitioning the US Secretary of the Navy and the US Congress to name the 2nd Ford Class super carrier, CVN-79, as the USS Enterprise.

With the commissioning of CVN-78, the USS Gerald R. Ford, which is currently building, in the 2013-2014 time frame, the USS Enterprise, CVN-65, will be retired and decommissioned.

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Designate the next US Navy nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier, CVN-79 as the USS Enterprise Petition

The name USS Enterprise has a long, proud, distinguished tradition in the US Navy dating back to 1775. There have been eight different vessels named USS Enterprise in the US Navy, two in the Continental Navy.

The last two have been large deck carriers, CV-6, USS Enterprise, from 1934-1947 which was the most highly decorated combat vessel in US military history for its many actions in World War II, and CVN-65, USS Enterprise, from 1961 through to 2013 (est), the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier, and the longest continuous serving US aircraft carrier in our history, now over 50 years.

CVN-79 has not been named yet, and the US Secretary of the Navy is tasked with the job, who is consulted by the US Congress.

Please help us petition these individuals to continue the rich and distinguished tradition of the USS Enterprise, America's BIG-E aircraft carrier with CVN-79

PLEASE, PLEASE spread this around to other navy forums and groups on the net. Use your email lists, blogs, email chains, etc. We will need over 100,000 signatures to make this count and have these officials take notice.

 

[CardSharp]

I still can't believe they named a carrier class after Ford... Though I haven't watch a single episode of star trekk, or am a supporter of the US Military–industrial complex. I signed your petition...

Used my old US postal code.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Jeff Head, a naval enthusiast from sinodefenceforum, wanted me to pass on this message:

I still can't believe they named a carrier class after Ford... Though I haven't watch a single episode of star trekk, or am a supporter of the US Military–industrial complex. I signed your petition...

Used my old US postal code.

It's a good thing I can't vote on either side, for those of you good people who want USS Enterprise to float again. Personally, I'd rather have a carrier that can't chew gum and fart at the same time, than one that comes around to our front door and takes a long, leisurely piss into the laurel bushes. The Enterprise is getting de-commissioned in 2013-14, is it? Well, good riddance, and may she get sold to China for a casino, or whatever is the current name of the game.