To: JohnnyP
Yep...I remember..... But to me, you just can't beat an Arizona, an IOWA, or a MISSOURI.....
I sure would hate to be on ship carrying the name USS Jimmy Carter......if they ever want to name a ship for our President, I suggest USS Obola.
8 posted on
10/26/2014 4:53:56 AM PDT by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
I sure would hate to be on ship carrying the name USS Jimmy Carter...How about the USS Lewinsky...able to go down at a moment's notice?
To: Gaffer
I sure would hate to be on ship carrying the name USS Jimmy Carter......
I've heard that her crew doesn't even call her the "Carter", but rather the "23 Boat" ("23" being her hull number).
I've never really had a problem with her name tho. Carter was the first submariner to become POTUS (even though he left the service early due to hardship to run his family farm), AND he authorized those early cable-tapping missions against the USSR. One of the few things he actually did right, AND the kind of mission the USS Carter was redesigned (she's 100' longer than her two sisters to carry special equipment and ROVs) to carry out.
To: Gaffer
I think that sub only has reverse gear.
45 posted on
10/26/2014 6:37:34 AM PDT by
LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: Gaffer
....if they ever want to name a ship for our President, I suggest USS Obola. Does the Navy have garbage scows?
50 posted on
10/26/2014 6:40:33 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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