re: #329 Gus 802
Those are passe. We’re on to the Ford class.
Snark aside, and when there’s a humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world - including here in the US along its thousands of miles of coasts, a nuclear carrier can prove to be extremely useful in handling rescue and relief efforts (such as in Japan currently).
Oh, and they provide quite a few well paying jobs to the shipyards that build and maintain them.