On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:45:55 -0500 (EST), (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.

So? We all know this....

It's still a US Navy vessel, still completely relevant to the discussion of
Navy ship naming.

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