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11. We're there elevators for cannon balls when the British Navy was considered the best in the world?

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Sun Nov 4, 2018, 01:50 PM

Nov 2018

We’re there elevators in the Greek Navy ships in Ancient Greece?

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U.S. Navy's Costliest Carrier Was Delivered Without Elevators to Lift Bombs [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP

And somewhere, chief design architect Homer J. Simpson says, Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #1

"The buck stops with me." - Dirty Donny* (R) Achilleaze Nov 2018 #2

No worries. Eventually the technology will catch up with the advertisement dalton99a Nov 2018 #3

Huntington Ingalls needs to pay for this jpak Nov 2018 #4

Absolutely DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #33

McDonalds should send their customers Turbineguy Nov 2018 #5

There's a sad irony that this ship is named after a guy who was often portrayed as bumbling... RockRaven Nov 2018 #6

yep left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 #7

Ford really preferred elevators dalton99a Nov 2018 #9

he pardoned nixon onethatcares Nov 2018 #44

EMALS is definitely the way to go. Adrahil Nov 2018 #8

Interesting info. Thanks for this Bfd Nov 2018 #12

How did they get the bombs down into the ship without elevators?? cranes or something? dameatball Nov 2018 #23

Probably doesn't have bombs yet until the elevators are fixed. Kaleva Nov 2018 #24

Maybe the bombs were on deck, and the crew just bull-dozed them into the elevator shaft. nt NCjack Nov 2018 #38

Maybe they sent them down a pneumatic tube like at the bank drive through! dameatball Nov 2018 #42

Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen ecstatic Nov 2018 #10

We're there elevators for cannon balls when the British Navy was considered the best in the world? Renew Deal Nov 2018 #11

Not sure of your point.... Adrahil Nov 2018 #19

I'm joking Renew Deal Nov 2018 #20

Okay... my apologies... Adrahil Nov 2018 #28

Precisely gratuitous Nov 2018 #21

Exactly Renew Deal Nov 2018 #46

Pivot! Pivot! Chellee Nov 2018 #47

cannon balls were stored on the gun deck, usually on "brass monkeys" lapfog_1 Nov 2018 #27

According to Johny Horton, the Battle of New Orleans....they used alligators for the cannonballs dameatball Nov 2018 #43

Love how we can afford this, area51 Nov 2018 #13

50 million worth of silk worm missles at one time sinks this Magenot device uponit7771 Nov 2018 #14

"i" n/t rzemanfl Nov 2018 #18

If we ever fight another WWII carrier war lapfog_1 Nov 2018 #29

+1, lol so true !!! Right now we're heavy invested in Maginot devices and Putin continues to hack... uponit7771 Nov 2018 #35

Shouldn't This Read, "US Taxpayer's Costliest Carrier Was Delivered without Elevators.."? jalan48 Nov 2018 #15

Named aptly Gerald R Ford MagickMuffin Nov 2018 #16

Probably figured it was all WiFi or Bluetooth...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2018 #17

They should spin this as a cost-saving measure: if you can't launch planes petronius Nov 2018 #22

Don't give the PR girls and boys any ideas lol... Volaris Nov 2018 #37

Rather the norm when a new class with cutting edge technologies is introduced. Kaleva Nov 2018 #25

Lowest bidder. rickford66 Nov 2018 #26

They better hurry the fuck up. There are defenseless brown people ALL OVER THIS PLANET that need to BamaRefugee Nov 2018 #30

"We have met the enemy and he is us" - rurallib Nov 2018 #31

Dumb shits Hotler Nov 2018 #32

Perhaps they can lift the bombs from below deck the same way they load food from the docks.. asiliveandbreathe Nov 2018 #34

Well that explains the air-to-air missiles in the freezer ThoughtCriminal Nov 2018 #40

I will share with most honorable son......too funny..... asiliveandbreathe Nov 2018 #41

lol Renew Deal Nov 2018 #45

hem AllaN01Bear Nov 2018 #36

Crew tired of carrying bombs up and down stairs. Sneederbunk Nov 2018 #39

Doesn't matter if the elevators don't work. hunter Nov 2018 #48