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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Carrier Ops in the Gulf
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Date: 3 Apr 91 13:04:04 GMT
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From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams)

>4) Finally, I never saw an answer to an earlier question about the U.S.S.
>Lexington.  Does anybody know for sure that the navy plans to replace it
>with another carrier in the near future?  References for this question
>would be very nice!

One of the FORRESTAL class carrier may replace USS LEXINGTON in due 
course.  Since USS INDEPENDENCE will replace USS MIDWAY (based in Japan)
in 1991, this means that one of the other three FORRESTAL class carriers 
(USS FORRESTAL, USS SARATOGA, & USS RANGER) may replace the LEXINGTON.

USS FORRESTAL, USS SARATOGA, and USS INDEPENDENCE have already undergone
the SLEP program.  The RANGER is scheduled for SLEP beginning in 1993
and ending in mid-1995. 

Source: Jane's Fighting Ship 1990-91