Thankfully we have a couple newer posters here who've helped set the record straight, or at least dispel some of the mis-informations, concerning the Lincoln.

 

Until I read them, I was about to enter a rantful speculation that all these cuts (ships and personnel) was a USN attempt to free up more funding for F-35s, LCS, and DDG1000's...

Thing would've been though: with one less carrier, guess the USN wouldn't be needing as many of those F-35s anymore, would it?

 

Such logic (if that's why such trimmings were even considered) could come around and bite them in the ass (the one less carrier equating to less JSFs needed, so why make cuts to free up money in the first place?).

 

Rumors, speculations, and other heard-it-from-a-friend-of-a-friend articles have made it into Proceedings before,

and it's nice when folks, who are actually there and know first-hand a little bit of what's really going on, show up to help quell any of those rumors and misconceptions.

 

Thanks guys.

Does this man the USN will stop building CVNs to follow after the new Ford-class supercarrier? It would be hard justifying building new ships if you have a spare CVN in mothballs with 30 more years of sailing  in her.