PAGE 8A MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MILITARY USS Enterprise retires after 51-year Navy career ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. — The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015. The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career during a ceremony at its home port at Naval Station Norfolk, where thousands of former crew members, ship builders and their families lined a pier to bid farewell to one of the most decorated ships in the Navy. "It'll be a special memory. The tour yesterday was a highlight of the last 20 years of my life. I've missed the Enterprise since every day I walked off of it," said Kirk McDonnell, a former interior communications electrician. tune. Using nuclear reactors also allowed the ship to set speed records and stay out to sea during a deployment without ever having to refuel, one of the times ships are most vulnerable to attack. The Enterprise was the largest ship in the world at the time it was built, inheriting the nickname "Big F" from a famed World War II aircraft carrier. It didn't have to carry conventional fuel tanks for propulsion, allowing it to carry twice as much aircraft fuel and ordnance than conventional carriers at the Every other aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet is now nuclear-powered, although they only have two nuclear reactors each compared to the Enterprise's eight. The Enterprise was the only carrier of its class ever built. The ship served in every major conflict since participating in a blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis, helping earn its motto of "We are Legend." It was only designed to last 25 years, but underwent a series of upgrades to extend its life, making it the oldest active combat vessel in the fleet ship's captain was Adm. James A. Winnefeld, who now serves as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Enterprise was headed back to Virginia following a regularly scheduled deployment when the Sept. 11 attacks happened. As soon as the ship's captain saw the attacks he turned around without orders to steam toward southwest Asia, where it later launched some of the first attacks against Afghanistan. The It has been returning to that region of the world ever since then, including during its 25th and final deployment that ended last month. "She just served on the cutting edge at the tip of the spear when she returned here in November," Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert said. "It's shown that the aircraft carrier can evolve as a platform with many payloads relevant for five decades and will be part of our national security for the foreseeable future as we bring on the Gerald Ford to replace the Enterprise." The Gerald R. Ford will be the first of a new class of aircraft carriers, but it will be several more years before it joins the fleet. Temporarily reducing the number of aircraft carriers to 10 required special congressional approval. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said the Navy would closely watch how the increased operational tempo will affect sailors. In February, the USS Abraham Lincoln will begin a four-year refueling complex overhaul in A Navy officer salutes during the inactivation ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. ASSOCIATED PRESS Newport News, Vaa, which will also take it out of rotation. Greenert said the Navy wants to continue having two aircraft carriers operating simultaneously in the Middle East through March,but he said he wasn't sure if that would continue past then. When the future USS Enterprise joins the fleet, its commanding officer will be handed a 200-pound time capsule filled with Enterprise memorabilia that includes notes from sailors, insignia and small pieces of the ship. The time capsule was delivered to Greenert for safekeeping until that future commanding officer is chosen. LOCAL Student in accident had high blood alcohol level A University student's blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when he critically injured another student after hitting him with his SUV in August. Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman, said lab results received last week indicated Julian Kuszmaul, 21, had a blood alcohol level of 0.25, exceeding the legal driving limit of 0.08. Kuszmaul was driving his Ford Explorer Aug. 26 at about 1:30 a.m. when he struck Colby Liston, an 18-year-old Derby freshman, on the 1600 block of Tennessee Street. Listen, whose legs had to be amputated after the accident, had left a house party and was attempting to enter a rear cargo door of an illegally parked Ford Explorer when Kuszmaul's SUV hit him, pinning Liston between the two vehicles. According to the accident report, the responding officer smelled both alcohol and marijuana on Kuzmaul's. breath and clothing. Kuszmaul was not arrested after the accident, but his blood test results have been forwarded to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, which will issue any charges in the case. Dustin Erickson, the 21-year-old driver of the SUV Listen attempted to enter, had a blood alcohol level of .02. — Rachel Salyer CRIME Taskforce cracks down in fifth enforcement The Fake ID 101 Taskforce issued more than a dozen citations Thursday night during its fifth enforcement of the semester. According to a press release, 27 licensed establishments were checked, and 86 contacts were made, resulting in 16 criminal citations for 21 charges. Possession of alcohol by a minor-14 Possession or use of a fake or other's ID or driver's license - 6 Urinating in public -1 The grant-funded taskforce consists of the Lawrence Police Department, KU Office of Public Safety, Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control and Douglas County Sheriffs Office. Six ABC administrative citations were issued to licensed businesses for allowing minors to possess alcohol. 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