5 Nuclear Powered Carriers at Norfolk Navy Yard-Truth! But Inaccurate Details!

5 Nuclear Powered Carriers at Norfolk Navy Yard-Truth! But Inaccurate Details!

Summary of the eRumor:
This is a forwarded email that said that five U.S. Navy aircraft carriers were docked at the Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia. The email compare the setting to Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The email warns that this is a breach of a long-standing Navy protocol to avoid a massive enemy strike on major US forces.

The Truth:
It is true that 5 aircraft carriers were docked at the Naval Base in Norfolk but the urgent need for concern may be over. At the time of this writing there are only 3 active carriers at Norfolk.

The carriers docked at U.S. Naval Base at Norfolk were the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

The USS Eisenhower was redeployed in mid February 2013 and is back in its roll to support the 5th and 6th Naval Fleets.   This according to the Eisenhower website.

The USS Enterprise is 50 years old and was deactivated Dec. 1, 2012. After decommissioning of the nuclear-powered vessel the Navy ordered that her fuel be removed and then be towed to Puget Sound for scrap. Owing to costs, there are no plans to make a floating museum of this historical carrier, according to the Enterprise website.

The USS George H. W. Bush is in for repairs and the USS Lincoln is in for an overhaul. This is all dependent on future funding from Congress.

The USS Truman recently made the news as one of the victims of the Obama Administration’s sequestration. She lays in Norfolk along with the Bush and Lincoln, which are awaiting funding for repairs.

updated 03/04/13

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

BIG MISTAKE in Norfolk! Remember Pearl Harbor 1941 ?

... an outrage of epic proportions ........ But - after all ( with an unknown level of election fraud ) the clueless majority have re elected a subversive alien to continue as president ...The order to place all 5 aircraft carriers into the same anchorage space is in flagrant defiance of national security interests .. The White House is occupied by a 5th columnist ! The USA is in grave danger .....

What is wrong with this picture? Thought that ever since WWII and Pearl Harbor, we were never to do this again! Just think if some disgruntled country would send one nuke over and take out all of these and the sailors aboard.

The picture is of the five nuclear carriers... Just like Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

This picture was taken the other day in Norfolk.

The Obama Administration ordered 5 nuclear carriers ...into harbor for "routine" (?) inspections. Heads of the Navy were flabbergasted by the directive.
NORFOLK, VA. (February 8, 2013). The first time since WWII that five U.S. aircraft carriers were docked together.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are all in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the world’s largest naval station.

Sources stated that this breached a long standing military protocol in the Navy meant to avoid massive enemy strike on major US forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan J. Courtade/Released)

Watch out America..... If there was ever ANOTHER real big false flag brewing.... this would be perfect for it.