IDF
12-01-2005, 04:51
Grand Admiral Joseph Jacobson was proud of his fleet. It was so much the better that his fleet flew the flag of the OMP, the greatest alliance of sea power ever assembled. He knew that members of the OMP were loyal to each other as was seen when some had come to the help of IDF over the year.
Helping IDF was not a favor that would ever go unanswered. Jacobson would never allow them to go unpaid. It was this thought train that brought the admiral to his thought that the IDF Navy needed to donate a good sized collection of ships to the OMP to make up the alliance's reserves as part of a rapid response force.
The Admiral had just received Knesset approval for his plan and now it just needed his signature. He looked over the document which promised to deliver the following ships: 2 Netanyahu class dreadnoughts, 1 Twelve Tribes class CVN, 2 Charles de Gaulle CVNs, 5 Arizona class BBNs, 4 Cherokee class arsenal ships, 4 Kirov CGNs, 12 Ticonderoga II CGs ,20 Ilan Ramon DDGs, 15 Farragat DDGs, and 25 Chicago FFGs. The ships had been built originally to be part of larger fleet that had been killed by budget cuts. They had been sitting in mothballs for 5 years. The oldest of the group were the 4 Kirovs . Each was 20 years old. They had seen 15 years of action in the Med fleet before being mothballed shortly after the budget cuts didn't allow them to have the block III upgrade given to other IDF Kirov class warships. The other ships varied in age from 5-15 years old.
It was a shame that they couldn't see action in the slightly reduced IDF Navy. But, at least they could now serve a purpose and help keep the world's oceans clear of danger. Besides, it would be one less expense for the IDF Navy to maintain.
Helping IDF was not a favor that would ever go unanswered. Jacobson would never allow them to go unpaid. It was this thought train that brought the admiral to his thought that the IDF Navy needed to donate a good sized collection of ships to the OMP to make up the alliance's reserves as part of a rapid response force.
The Admiral had just received Knesset approval for his plan and now it just needed his signature. He looked over the document which promised to deliver the following ships: 2 Netanyahu class dreadnoughts, 1 Twelve Tribes class CVN, 2 Charles de Gaulle CVNs, 5 Arizona class BBNs, 4 Cherokee class arsenal ships, 4 Kirov CGNs, 12 Ticonderoga II CGs ,20 Ilan Ramon DDGs, 15 Farragat DDGs, and 25 Chicago FFGs. The ships had been built originally to be part of larger fleet that had been killed by budget cuts. They had been sitting in mothballs for 5 years. The oldest of the group were the 4 Kirovs . Each was 20 years old. They had seen 15 years of action in the Med fleet before being mothballed shortly after the budget cuts didn't allow them to have the block III upgrade given to other IDF Kirov class warships. The other ships varied in age from 5-15 years old.
It was a shame that they couldn't see action in the slightly reduced IDF Navy. But, at least they could now serve a purpose and help keep the world's oceans clear of danger. Besides, it would be one less expense for the IDF Navy to maintain.