But you are quoting far different facts than were cited by the original poster's citations, which referred to percentage of completion at time of launch. I will stand by my statements based on what was presented by earlier posts, and will stand corrected based on your's, and will assert that am correct based on what I have to work with in both cases.
I served almost sixty years ago and presently live in San Diego, the Navy's largeat US Navy presence. I am constantly shocked at what I see of day-to-day Navy life today. Sailors come ashore in fatigues, hatless, and lounge around loolikg like teenage playboys. I can't remember the last time I saw a Navy dress uniform in town. There is no evidence that even one of them has the slightest pride in the service. Ships miss assignment regularly, officers are dismissed for banging their subordinates on a regular basis, captains of ships are found in bars drinking with enlisted men, ships run into objects and each other... A captain who was delivered a finished ship would not know what to do with it. He would be to busy banging his exec and drinking with his crew.
As to new carriers, these damn things are Congressional toys. As I said earlier, we do not need the ones we have now, and we certainly do not need more and bigger ones.
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