[Poohbah]

I thought those were named after volcanoes.

Yup. So named because they'd do a credible impression of one if they were ever hit :o)

[Nitro]

I thought those were named after volcanoes.

Yup. So named because they'd do a credible impression of one if they were ever hit :o)

You are both right...

I was in USS Nitro and we said...

that if you could hover a half-mile above the ship and she went up in the middle of the ocean...

she would make a hole so deep, you would see the ocean floor and it would take two days to fill in the hole!!