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Old September 18th 09, 08:16 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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On 17 Sep, 21:29, Dennis wrote:
Andre Lieven wrote:
Probably for the same reason that the idea of merging battleships
and aircraft carriers in one hull refused to die, too, yet almost
never
actually saw the light of day in terms of a ship such as that being
*built*.


Ise & Hyuga were conversions, of course.


* * * * Battleships themselves are a bad idea that won't go away. * *

There are plenty of bad ideas that just hang around almost forever:
"reality shows", "US health care is #1!", and so on. That doesn't
mean that they are either 1) good or 2) true.


* * * * Like the proverbial bad penney! *What about pennies, for that matter?

Dennis


What? in 1880?

Guy