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To: skeeter

Funny - the carrier was nicknamed ‘USS Decrepid’ during the war because it always seemed problem-plagued.

Yeah, but she sure could take a beating. Hit numerous times by kamikazes. She lost 800 men in one day.

3 posted on 05/21/2008 3:20:40 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)

To: buccaneer81

Yeah, but she sure could take a beating. Hit numerous times by kamikazes. She lost 800 men in one day.

That's from the Associated Press. I know it's not the best source.

8 posted on 05/21/2008 3:51:08 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)

To: buccaneer81

Yeah, but she sure could take a beating. Hit numerous times by kamikazes. She lost 800 men in one day.

Actually, the 800 in one day I believe was the Franklin

15 posted on 05/21/2008 7:21:34 PM PDT by mavfin

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