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Subject: old naval ships
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 11:31:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 11:31:24 1984
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From:  Bernard  Gunther <BMG@MIT-XX.ARPA>


In the recent debate about decomissioning the enterprise after only 20
years of service, it is interesting to remember that in 1914, the
German high command gave a ship to the Turkish navy.  (they used this
ship to bring Turkey into the war, but that's another story).  Anyway,
this ship was used in the shelling of Cyprus in 1971 (yes 71) and
unless I'm mistaken, it is still in active service.  This would make
the ship 70 years old.

If a pre-WWI ship is still a ship capable of fighting effectively and
being used in active combat, then there is no real reason why a ship
of the Enterprise's caliber can't still be effective, even though it
is 20 years old.

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