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We can arm it with NASA Shuttles (cheap soon); the catapult and potatoes will work for close-in engagements.

I wouldnt be surprised if a private organization bought it as a floating museum.

Or perhaps someone will buy it and sell it for scrap metal, I wonder what it would be worth...

I'm going to call my bank and ask what the monthly payments are on a boat loan for 4,500,000.

Someone in England had exactly that idea. The "Save HMS Vengeance Society" or some such. The deal fell through (lack of cash). If we just sit tight and play coy we can get this ultimate party boat for a song.

Originally posted by Nasrullah
We can arm it with NASA Shuttles (cheap soon); the catapult and potatoes will work for close-in engagements.

I got to fly a professional space shuttle simulator once. The thing is basically a flying anvil. Landing it on a CV would result in disaster for the CV as well as the shuttle.

As for taking a shuttle off a CV deck - Bags not!!!!!

Best jobs on the HMLS (His Majesty Luskan's Ship) Vengeance would therefore either be LSO, CAG, or CO.

As CO I'd re introduce walking the plank, keelhauling and capital punishment for all PBEM game quitters!

I was hoping the space shuttles might have better flying characteristics than their simulators. Maybe a simulator with buffalo wings might work. Either way, slinging one of the monsters from the catapult ought to discourage boarders.

Sell it to the Chinese. They been looking for one of those

Hey I just had another great idea. We could sail HMDS ( His Majesty Dave's Ship) Vengeance over to the PI and take on an all girl crew. We could even dress them up in those school girl sailor suits. You know, this could be the best idea I've had all year. But aah, don't tell my wife, okay.

Originally posted by demonterico
Hey the used carlot down the road picked up a MIG from the Russians for $50,000. With 6 MIGs and a carrier there must be dozens of countries we could conquer.

Air power alone will not conquer anything - you need boots on the ground. So let's convert her into an LPH with a few Helos and a MEU (Matrix Expeditionary Unit) .

If we all pitched in, we could recoup some of our investment if we did the occasional fishing charter. Should hold plenty of paying passengers.

Hi, Better to just clear out the hanger deck and make it a Casino with dancing on the flight deck. Set her on cement Blocks in some nice harbor. Install a couple hundred staterooms and you have a Hotel Casino.

Originally posted by Mogami
Hi, Better to just clear out the hanger deck and make it a Casino with dancing on the flight deck. Set her on cement Blocks in some nice harbor. Install a couple hundred staterooms and you have a Hotel Casino.

Thats exactly that what had happened to a russian carrier in China i´ve heared.

Originally posted by Caltone
If we all pitched in, we could recoup some of our investment if we did the occasional fishing charter. Should hold plenty of paying passengers.

We'd need looonnngggg fishing lines. . .

Hehe

We're missing the big opportunity here, guys. Think of the "thrill ride" potential of taking off and landing on a carrier. Georgie Dubya would probably be your first paying customer. You gotta figure it wouldn't be dangerous for anybody on board ship, because how many customers would know enough how to steer the doggone plane to even come close to hitting the boat? The whole thing ought to be about as funny as the four drunk Marines I saw one time trying to **** into a butt can.

You just have to work out the cost of planes and charge enough per flight to give yourself a working profit margin. One good thing - your maintenance overhead would be extremely low ...

Originally posted by demonterico

Hey the used carlot down the road picked up a MIG from the Russians for $50,000. With 6 MIGs and a carrier there must be dozens of countries we could conquer.

Yeah, but if we all had my luck, she'd be afflicted with the dreaded 'Curse of the Long Island', and they'd all fly into a vortex and be lost forever.

Set her on cement Blocks

No no no no no we can't do that!
No self respecting freebooter would put his carrier up on blocks.

Originally posted by demonterico
No no no no no we can't do that!
No self respecting freebooter would put his carrier up on blocks.

But a redneck sailor might ...

Originally posted by pasternakski:

But a redneck sailor might ...

So let's convert her into an LPH with a few Helos and a MEU (Matrix Expeditionary Unit)

I was trying to think of whether or not she had any valid military use left, and I'm a little surprised that no third world country picked her up as a helicopter platform. Heck, even Thailand has an old aircraft carrier. But perhaps the HMS Vengeance has no hull life left, or any number of age problems associated with her.

The whole thing ought to be about as funny as the four drunk Marines I saw one time trying to **** into a butt can.

I'm wondering what was behind the '****' since I have already thought of some really funny possibilities.

Nice idea lads, bit of free booting could be a real laugh but i recon the RN should have it back, might come in handy until we get our two new carriers in the about 10 years.

Might be nice to have to a carrier big enough to fly more than eight harriers and a few heli's off.

Hows about the Us lend/leasesing us a nimitz class boat and a few F18 hornets??

:p

Those new British Carriers look like they'll be nice. How many are being built, just 2?