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krispos42

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6. One of the is going to be named "Enterprise"...

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 05:02 PM

Feb 2019

...a historic name of which I highly approve.

The name "Franklin D. Roosevelt" is free; the previous-named carrier was decommissioned over 40 years ago.

I also approve.

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