Saturday, July 21, 2007

Private School (1983)

It is no coincidence that Phoebe has a "CV" on that jacket in her 1983 movie "Private School." That is the designation for a conventional-powered U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. It's also possible I was serving on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 around that time.


























http://gallery.phoebe-cates.com/v/movies/private_school/p_school75.jpg.html




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_classification

The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols (sometimes called hull codes) to identify the types of its ships.

Aircraft Carrier type

CV: Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1921-1975), Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier (1975-present)





http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv63.htm

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

USS KITTY HAWK is the lead ship of the Navy’s second class of "super carriers" and the second ship in the Navy to bear this name.

Since August 1998, KITTY HAWK is homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, where she relieved the now decommissioned USS INDEPENDENCE as the only forward deployed aircraft carrier in the Navy.




From 4/14/1981 to 3/13/1982 is: 333 days

http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cvn70.html

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

USS CARL VINSON is the third NIMITZ -class aircraft carrier and the first ship in the Navy named after Congressman Carl Vinson.

Commissioned: March 13, 1982




From 6/3/1967 to 7/29/1983 is: 5900 days

http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG2.HTM

USS Ramsey (FFG 2)

Commissioned: June 3, 1967



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086143/

Private School (1983)

Plot Summary: Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby

Release Date: 29 July 1983 (USA)

Phoebe Cates ... Christine Ramsey