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Old 04-28-2008, 17:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
Ytlas
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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship View Post
DEcommissioned is DEcommissioned. In other words; taken out of ACTIVE service.

After being taken off the Class B reserve list (decommissioned) they are given to museums, sold for scrap or slated to be fish reefs. Those NOT cut up are given to other countries. But they are no longer in COMMISSION for active service in the U.S. Navy whether they are sitting at a reserve fleet pier or flying the Turkish flag.
Good to see you around and still full of vinegar.
You've been absent from this side of the WAB for a while, I was ready to call your house to make sure you weren't laid up somewhere with a cathoder inserted.

Last edited by Ytlas : 04-28-2008 at 17:42 PM.
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