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by smitty1e 2292 days ago
> providing Windows NT to aircraft carriers like the USS Yorktown.

Navy vet here:

USS Yorktown (CV-10), an Essex-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943 (museum ship since 1975)

You mean:

USS Yorktown (CG-48), a Ticonderoga-class cruiser commissioned in 1984 (awaiting scrapping)

Via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown

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> Navy vet here

Article blithely suggests that support to the Navy is tantamount to mass murder. Vet calmly ignores that nonsense and simply provides an update for accuracy of ship and hull designation references.

By the way, thank you for, among other things, keeping shipping lanes safe, which in turn makes global trade a possibility, which in turn has lifted millions out of poverty worldwide.

When the basic facts aren't checked, the rest of the argument collapses.

And you and everyone who gave far more than I are welcome for all of the joy received.