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Originally Posted by Mohoender
I'm not the one who chose to have CA139 Salem as flagship of the US fleet in the Persian Gulf.
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Granted, the Salem is in the canon material, however I'd say it's the exception rather than the rule. It may be one of the only ships that was recommissioned and given the poor state of the fleet it's the flagship for, work probably wasn't completed before it was sent off to war - still, it floats and has a few guns so it's better than about 98% of the rest of the US navy...
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Originally Posted by Mohoender
By the way, you still had countries using ships that were 50+ years old in the early 2000's.
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Too true, however virtually every one of them hadn't been sitting mothballed for much of that time but instead had seen constant use, and more importantly, continuing maintenance. Those that hadn't have been in the hands of 4th rate navies which barely rate the name.