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India wants USS Trenton rechristened Jalashva
The Indian Express ^
| 02/11/06
| Shiv Aroor
Posted on 11/04/2006 4:27:17 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: 1rudeboy
Heheheh, good point. 'We're going to get the ship one way or another'. ;>)
...when you consider the alternative of breaking it down (in India, most likely--LOL)...
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11/04/2006 6:24:24 AM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: disraeligears
Not at all. Some older Great Lakes ore carriers have had as many as three names.
To: john drake
A ship like this is a sitting duck in most situations without escorts whether it's 35 years old or 3 months old!!
To: disraeligears
Yes, superstition says that it's bad luck to rename a ship after its christening. Usually that's worked around by re-christening the ship with its new name. But, it's bad luck to rename a ship after someone who has died aboard her. It's also supposed to bad luck for a ship's name to end in the letter
a (think
Lusitania,
Andrea Doria and
Arizona.
FWIW, the U.S. Navy doesn't follow any of these superstitions. For example, the ship christened USS Scorpion was renamed USS George Washington during construction. Tragically, it was Scorpion that was lost with all hands on May 22, 1968. I actually served on a ship that ended in the letter a, USS Atlanta, the fourth ship to bear that name. She was definately an unlucky ship, but not in a tragic sense. :)
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11/04/2006 6:53:51 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: john drake
"Am I bad or what?" - No. You are just realistic, and get a bonus point for it.
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11/04/2006 7:37:15 AM PST
by
GSlob
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