Aircraft Carrier naming

In article ,
Allen Epps wrote:


Peter- I always liked the alternative names for the old RN carriers
Glorious,
Furious and Courageous - Curious, Spurious and Outrageous! BRBR

Forrestal-FID-First in Diffuculty
"Sinking' Sara
USS Indigestion
Bonnie Dick
Ammmerikka
Midway-Maru

Sure their are others......

P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

TR = Teddy Ruxpin
Coral Sea = Coral Maru
Vinson = Chucky V


Kitty Hawk = ****ty Kitty


--Mike

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:57:35 -0500, Allen Epps
wrote:


TR = Teddy Ruxpin

Hey, I *liked* Teddy Ruxpin.

Then, I am 20, so I woulda been...3 when they still had those?

John

Forrestal-FID-First in Diffuculty

Forest Fire...

Bonnie Dick

And remember the Dike, when the Ike sailled for the first time with a female
component....

_____________
José Herculano

There was also the Happy Valley and the Sweet Pea.

Leanne

"José Herculano" wrote in message
...
Forrestal-FID-First in Diffuculty

Forest Fire...

Bonnie Dick

And remember the Dike, when the Ike sailled for the first time
with a female
component....

_____________
José Herculano

Bonnie Dick - Boney Dick
Dry "I" - Intrepid
Benny Boat - Bennington
Filthy Phil - Philippine Sea
SeaVan 65 - Reusable Container 65 - Enterprise
CVA Sick One - Ranger (ate twelve boilers between Bremerton and Pearl,
1964?)

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"José Herculano" wrote in message
...
Forrestal-FID-First in Diffuculty

Forest Fire...

Bonnie Dick

And remember the Dike, when the Ike sailled for the first time with a
female
component....

_____________
José Herculano







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In article ,
(Penta) wrote:

Policy? What policy?
Besides the fact that most of the names suck. (When compared to, say,
the British naming traditions.)

We need standards. Badly.

You used to have quite reasonable ones, as far as I've deduced from
reading:

Battleships: States
Carriers: Battles
Cruisers: Cities
Destroyers: Err, well, anything - there are so many of them.
Submarines: Fish
Small craft: Integers.

And re-using the States and Cities for missile and attack subs was also
plausible, since they could fairly claim to have inherited similarly
important (though not really analogous) roles.

The really old names, like _Constitution_ and _President_ were quite
reasonable too, although there probably aren't that many "republican"
names that wouldn't sound silly. A few of those got used on semi-recent
carriers like _Independence_ and _America_, and you always ought to have a
carrier named _Kitty Hawk_.

But the naming of things after political figures has definitely gone too
far.

---
John Dallman

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:44:27 -0500, Penta wrote:

We need standards. Badly.

We have standards, and they'e followed fairly well. Yes, there are exceptions
and oddball cases (always have been), but those are only exceptions. The big
gripe seems to be naming for politicians, which is unavoidable.

--
Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself"
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Would it not be great to have
in the fleet carriers again named USS Hornet, Lexington, Saratoga,
Oriskany. It would honor the sailors that served on these great ships.
BRBR

You bet, along with the Shangri-La....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

You bet, along with the Shangri-La....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

AND America

Hay, 'Old Phart'! Which carriers did you fly off/on? I was on ten? or so
(maybe more (can't remember exactly)).

"Pechs1" wrote in message
...
Would it not be great to have
in the fleet carriers again named USS Hornet, Lexington, Saratoga,
Oriskany. It would honor the sailors that served on these great ships.
BRBR

You bet, along with the Shangri-La....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer