T Bird wrote:
The USNS Bob Hope is not a navy warship . It is U.S. Gov \ Navy ship .
Commanded by a Civ Capt. from M.S.C. With a civ crew from M.S.C. or can
be contracted out to private company to run . I spent 15 yrs with M.S.C.

Yes I know that USNS Bob Hope is not a warship. My point being that the
ship (and the ship class) was named while Mr. Hope still alive.

ALV