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USS Enterprise Retiring!

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    Uh, not the Star Ship---the Navy Aircraft Carrier. LOL. The Enterprise is notable for being the world's first nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier. She is destined for scraping, however, because removing the nuclear stuff will require knocking large holes in her. So a retired to the life of a floating museum is impossible. A time capsule including memorabilia and bits of scrap will be put together and stored until a new "Enterprise" carrier is built and that will be handed to the new captain at the launching ceremony. A new USS Gerald R. Ford and USS John F. Kennedy are slated first. In Star Trek IV, which was about the whales, Uhura and Chekov are detailed to find a nuclear source for recharging their Kinglon ship's dilithium crystals. Thus the famous line of Chekov asking a police officer with his Russian accent, where to find "Nuclear Wessels." There can be no mention of Star Trek IV without some Trekker immediately quoting ...