美国航空母舰官兵的工作与生活

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VOA Chinese, Sept. 3, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100903-NORFOLK-NAVY-102181939.html

Note:
(a) 航母飞行纵队 carrier air wing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_air_wing
(composed of several aircraft squadrons and detachments of various types of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft; to conduct modern US Navy carrier air operations)

(b) 艾森豪威尔号航母 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_(CVN-69)
(Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of the ten Nimitz-class supercarriers currently in service; homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia)

* CVN: aircraft carrier, nuclear (officially: Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear-Propulsion))
* CV: aircraft carrier (officially: Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier)
* Hull classification symbol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol
(Contrary to popular belief, the "CV" hull classification symbol does not stand for "Carrier Vessel". The "CV" designation was originally derived from cruisers, since aircraft carriers were seen as an extension of the sea control and denial mission of cruisers. The "V" designation for heavier-than-air craft comes from the French verb voler (to fly). Since 1935, "CV" has been a two-letter, unitary hull classification symbol meaning "aircraft carrier")

(c) Nimitz class aircraft carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier
(a class of ten; lead ship Nimitz commissioned in 1975; preceded by: Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier and USS Enterprise; With an overall length of 1,092 ft (333 m) and full-load displacements of over 100,000 long tons, they are the largest capital ships in the world)

* USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)
(in commission 1961-2009; the last conventionally-fuelled aircraft carrier in service with the U.S. Navy)

(d) USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
(commissioned in 1961; world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name)

Quote:

"At 1,123 ft (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel in the world. Her 93,284 long tons (94,781 t) displacement ranks her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class.

The only ship of her class, Enterprise is the second-oldest vessel in commission in the United States Navy, after the wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate USS Constitution.

"The ship was once scheduled for decommissioning in 2014 or 2015, but [it was decided this year that the ship will retired in 2013] when she will have served for 51 consecutive years. * * * As of September 2010, Enterprise is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

* long ton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton
(Imperial system of measurements; It has been mostly replaced by the tonne, and in the United States by the short ton./ One long ton is equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg) or 35 cubic feet (0.9911 m3) of salt water with a density of 64 lb/ft3 (1.025 g/mL)./ The long ton approximates the metric ton, 1,000 kg or 2,205 lb, more closely than the "short ton", which is equal to 2,000 pounds (907 kg))

Quote: "It [long ton] has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, and was the unit prescribed for warships by international agreements between the world wars, for example battleships were limited to 35,000 long tons.

* USS Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution
(the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel; launched in 1797; homeport; Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston; Constitution is most famous for her actions during the War of 1812 against Great Britain, when she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned her the nickname of "Old Ironsides")

Note: USS Constitution now serves tourists. See
USS Constitution Museum
http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/
(We are a not-for-profit, non-government funded institution)

(e) As you can expect, there is no English original or translation for this report. So I do not know the exact (English) spelling of naval officials portrayed.

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