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Re: [FH] Dollars per credit

From: oldecoot@w...
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 17:08:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [FH] Dollars per credit

Lazerlight said:

>One the other hand a Jeanne d'Arc 
>has a crew of about 260 officers and 
>crew (plus fighter wing and marines)
>whereas a modern carrier crew is 
>something in the neighborhood of
>5000 (I don't recall if that includes
>air wing or not).

I was part of the pre-commissioning crew of
 the USS Eisenhower, CVN 69, so I was told a little more than usual
about the ship. Peace time crew is 3500 ship's company and 1500 for the
air wing.  In war time we can carry 6000+ men.	Air wing is about 100
planes, all of which can be launched in about 5 minutes off the 4
catapults.  When at "battle stations", half of the ship's crew is in
damage control parties.  DC is really big in the USN.  It considered one
of the primary weapon systems of a ship.  At least in the late 1970's
and early 80's, Dutch ships carried crews about 1/3 the number of US
ships.	The reason for this was that their ships were more automative
and damage control was	not a concern of theirs.  I guess they thought
one missile was all that was needed to disable a ship.

		Eric G.

"You fertility deities are worse than Marxist," he said.  "You think
that's all that goes on between people."  Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light.
1971

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