Michael, you might know this- How many men and how much $$$ are needed to maintain the ships in the US Navy's mothball fleet?
What does the maitenence cost annually? As I understand it many of those ships are on standby, and are supposed to be ready for reactivation in case of war.....
Have they fitted these ships with modern computer components? I seem to recall during the 1980s, when the USS Wisconsin was temporarily reactivated, a problem faced was the electronics on board were woefully obsolete...
Are the ships in the mothball fleet kept as clean and polished as active duty ships, (such as being repainted, and kept spit and polished)- or are the ships alowed to rust and decay? No doubt the pumps are in constant use lest one of the ships floods to the point of sinking.......
I wonder if it financially viable to maintain these ships, or if it would be best to sell them....
I assume a good portion of the Navy budget goes to the upkeep of the 'mothball fleet'.
How many ships in the fleet?
I wonder if the US Airforce has its own 'mothball fleet' of obsolete planes, and the army a 'mothball fleet' of obsolete jeeps and tanks? I have a hunch much of the obsolete Army wear has been sold off to the civilain sector, hence all the Army surplus stores..
If the US wants the most state of the art Navy on earth, it might be high time to liquidate the entire mothball fleet, and replace such with modern state of the art ships...
What does the maitenence cost annually? As I understand it many of those ships are on standby, and are supposed to be ready for reactivation in case of war.....
Have they fitted these ships with modern computer components? I seem to recall during the 1980s, when the USS Wisconsin was temporarily reactivated, a problem faced was the electronics on board were woefully obsolete...
Are the ships in the mothball fleet kept as clean and polished as active duty ships, (such as being repainted, and kept spit and polished)- or are the ships alowed to rust and decay? No doubt the pumps are in constant use lest one of the ships floods to the point of sinking.......
I wonder if it financially viable to maintain these ships, or if it would be best to sell them....
I assume a good portion of the Navy budget goes to the upkeep of the 'mothball fleet'.
How many ships in the fleet?
I wonder if the US Airforce has its own 'mothball fleet' of obsolete planes, and the army a 'mothball fleet' of obsolete jeeps and tanks? I have a hunch much of the obsolete Army wear has been sold off to the civilain sector, hence all the Army surplus stores..
If the US wants the most state of the art Navy on earth, it might be high time to liquidate the entire mothball fleet, and replace such with modern state of the art ships...