Did you like or dislike that Admiral Cartwright turned bad in ST VI?

[Ian Keldon]

Re: Did you like or dislike that Admiral Cartwright turned bad in ST V

Actually, we're in the middle of doing just that. The Navy active register is below 300 hulls for the first time in over 50 years and funding for our most "state of the art" ship programs (Seawolf, Zumwalt, etc) has dried up or been diverted.

That may well be, but I would hardly call it "dismanteling" or "mothballing" the fleet. It's budget is being cut down a bit, and that may also be due to the (worldwide) economical situation we're facing.

When ships are taken out of commission, they are either scrapped or mothballed. The Navy has fewer ships in service as a result, just as Starfleet expected to have fewer ships in service as a result of the Khitomer Accords.