LKA-113? LCS-18?
I served my navy time mostly on the USS Charleston LKA-113Notice that the US Navy is planning to build an LCS-18 USS CharlestonAre they going to begin scrapping the LKAs soon?
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Kitsune wrote:I served my navy time mostly on the USS Charleston LKA-113Notice that the US Navy is planning to build an LCS-18 USS CharlestonAre they going to begin scrapping the LKAs soon? They've...
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According to Navsource, there is a picture of her in 2007 in Philadelphia as category B reserve. According to Wiki, she was there in 2013 Maybe somebody lives near then can check or maybe we can see...
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We know than in 2007 , she was there. That is less than a decade as Gunnersmate argued she was scrapped over a decade ago.
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USS Charleston LKA-113 Name: USS Charleston Ordered: 11 June 1965 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Laid down: 5 December 1966 Launched: 2 December 1967 Commissioned: 14 December...
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LKA 113 is scheduled for disposal in the 2016-2020 cycle as space becomes available in Brownsville. Sorry, don't have exact date for that yet...the NAVSEA list submitted to SASC listed ships...
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kell553 wrote:LKA 113 is scheduled for disposal in the 2016-2020 cycle as space becomes available in Brownsville. Sorry, don't have exact date for that yet...the NAVSEA list submitted to SASC listed...
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I never understood why the Navy brought the St. Louis to Philly, I guess maybe there wasn't room in the Pac Fleet reserve area for her. Scott
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Kitsune wrote:We know than in 2007 , she was there. That is less than a decade as Gunnersmate argued she was scrapped over a decade ago.I'd hardly say I argued anything, according to Navsource I...
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I had heard somebody argue that they were reactivated as cargo ships during the Iraq adventures as general cargo vessels although it looks like this was not the case. Navy cargo ships can potentially...
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