Navy: Lincoln refueling delayed, will hurt carrier readiness
The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Navy will delay the refueling of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) for an unknown period because of the uncertain fiscal environment due to the ongoing legislative struggle, the service told Congress in a Friday message obtained by USNI News.
Lincoln was scheduled to be moved to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipyard later this month to begin the 4-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the ship.
“This delay is due to uncertainty in the Fiscal Year 2013 appropriations bill, both in the timing and funding level available for the first full year of the contract,” the message said.
“CVN-72 will remain at Norfolk Naval Base where the ships force personnel will continue to conduct routine maintenance until sufficient funding is received for the initial execution of the RCOH.”
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee released a statement denouncing the need for decision.
Forbes called the delay, “another example of how these reckless and irresponsible defense cuts in Washington will have a long-term impact on the Navy’s ability to perform its missions. Not only will the Lincoln be delayed in returning to the Fleet, but this decision will also affect the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) defueling, the USS George Washington (CVN-73) RCOH, and future carrier readiness.”
The move by the navy is the second this week involving funding for carriers. On Wednesday it announced it would delay the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) to the Middle East do to the ongoing budget strife bringing the total number of carriers in U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to one until funding normalizes.
“Canceling and deferring maintenance creates a significant backlog of deferred maintenance and affects future year schedules and cost, as well as future readiness,” said Lt. Courtney Hillson, a Navy spokesperson.
“The fiscal uncertainty created by not having an appropriations bill — and the measures we are forced to take as a result, place significant stress on an already strained force and undermines the stability of a fragile industrial base.”
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Visconti wrote:Navy: Lincoln refueling delayed, will hurt carrier readiness
The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Navy will delay the refueling of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) for an unknown period because of the uncertain fiscal environment due to the ongoing legislative struggle, the service told Congress in a Friday message obtained by USNI News.
Lincoln was scheduled to be moved to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipyard later this month to begin the 4-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the ship.
“This delay is due to uncertainty in the Fiscal Year 2013 appropriations bill, both in the timing and funding level available for the first full year of the contract,” the message said.
“CVN-72 will remain at Norfolk Naval Base where the ships force personnel will continue to conduct routine maintenance until sufficient funding is received for the initial execution of the RCOH.”
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee released a statement denouncing the need for decision.
Forbes called the delay, “another example of how these reckless and irresponsible defense cuts in Washington will have a long-term impact on the Navy’s ability to perform its missions. Not only will the Lincoln be delayed in returning to the Fleet, but this decision will also affect the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) defueling, the USS George Washington (CVN-73) RCOH, and future carrier readiness.”
The move by the navy is the second this week involving funding for carriers. On Wednesday it announced it would delay the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) to the Middle East do to the ongoing budget strife bringing the total number of carriers in U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to one until funding normalizes.
“Canceling and deferring maintenance creates a significant backlog of deferred maintenance and affects future year schedules and cost, as well as future readiness,” said Lt. Courtney Hillson, a Navy spokesperson.
“The fiscal uncertainty created by not having an appropriations bill — and the measures we are forced to take as a result, place significant stress on an already strained force and undermines the stability of a fragile industrial base.”
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Hey Visconti (Wyn). More of the same? I should expect as much from American conservatives.
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It has come to my attention that you once had another Harmony Central account with the name "Scott Glover". Apparently the avatar image for Scott Glover was this smiley face from Rightnation.us.
http://www.rightnation.us/forums/public/style_emot
And let's not forget:
Shaun_Micallef wrote:yanktar wrote:Compared to Wyn Belorusky, VisScoti is a bleeding-heart liberal! Not surprising he's now a long-term contributor to a neo-f@scist web-site digging up every kind of lie about "lib'ruls". He's VisScoti's kind of fellow-traveller.
Well, hello, YankTar. Can you tell us more about our friend Wyn Belorusky? Seems you know him quite well.
http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=
17419&page=2 Registered UserJoin Date: Apr 2003Posts: 8,096That's BS. Wyn was BANNED from the WR because of his perpetual abusive behavior. I won't speculate as why he chose not to post at all, but if I did I wouldn't be so praiseworthy of his motivation. Other board members convinced their FRIENDS to return. Your definition of childish and by implication, manhood isn't mine.Quote:
Originally posted by mikekapus
You've got to respect the guy for making the decision to go and then carrying through with it. No Bitching. No Whining.
It sure beats the whiney crybabies who posted their intentions to leave the board, pitched hissy fits, cried, whined and sniveled until other board members led them back to the fold like little children and wiped away their tears. I have no respect for them.
Shaun_Micallef wrote:Wow, it looks like yanktar and Visconti (Wyn) have been at each other's throats for years!
http://74.50.1.243/forum/showthread.php?t=1220
It also looks like time has proven yanktar and Jimmy Carter to be right on with regards to the Iraq war!
Great bikes Visconti (Wyn)!
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