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To: CaptainAmiigaf

But....you probably already know all about this.

23 posted on 04/23/2013 12:30:23 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)

To: Bloody Sam Roberts

When Ship naming made sense.
1. Aircraft carriers———Famous battles or noted ships
(Midway, Enterprise, Yorktown 1 & 2 etc)
2. Battleships-——States
3. Cruisers (Heavy and light) Cities of the USA
4. Destroyers To honor sailors KIA
5. Subs FISH (Wahoo, Tang, Sea Bass etc)
6. Destroyer Tenders (mine) Areas of USA “Frontier”
7. Sub Tenders Famous (people) names of sub history
8. LSTs Counties of USA
9. Transports Often for deceased Generals or Admirals
and lots of others.
when we heard just the name of a ship, we knew what she was.

31 posted on 04/23/2013 2:41:50 PM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY TIMES: "We print the news as it fits our views")

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