That would have been USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31),
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We used to ‘call’ her “Bonnie Dick”, the USS Kearsarge (CVS33) was the “Queer Barge”
That was before the word Gay means what it means today
There was a DD named Brinkley Bass (DD887) and one night someone painted over the two B’s...
Of course the ‘other’ name was supposedly reserved for use by the crew members and they could very quickly turn into ‘fighting words’...
We used to ‘call’ her “Bonnie Dick”...
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LOL at your whole posting.
Same name we called her. The USS Shangri-La was called the “Shi**y Shang”. I had a couple of friends on that ship from our public school days and one time in the Med we were able to visit each others’ ships. ...It really fit the slang name.