Oh and by the way I am not saying the base is mostly intact or the nuke missed big time or whatever - that base is huge - and you aren't looking at being able to operate a lot of ships by 2001 - you are probably looking at small to medium area of the base that is radiation free that was unaffected by the nuclear strike and still able to support operating a few destroyers and smaller craft and has at least a few piers that can take unloading and docking ships the size of the Omega Task Force ships - which would also be able to handle one nuclear sub as well
but not one that if the Atlantic Fleet was still as big as it was pre-war could be supported in any way from that remnant of the base
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