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You can't fuel an aircraft carrier from profits, if the oil runs out.
by axus 2mo ago
You can't fuel an aircraft carrier from profits, if the oil runs out.
- triceratops 2mo agoHate to be that guy but aircraft carriers run on nuclear power. The jets on the other hand...
- dredmorbius 2mo agoEvery other surface ship in the task force, along with resupply vessels, also burns oil. The US had nine nuclear cruisers, but retired the last one, the USS South Carolina in 1999. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_cruisers_of_th...> Currently the US only operates nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (11 active, two under construction), and submarines (69 active).