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Old January 20th 04, 12:19 AM
gizmo-goddard
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"Tank Fixer" wrote in message
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Ships that go down (submarines) are named after fish !


Actually, only three of them are currently named for fish/aquatic animals,
the Seawolf (SSN-21), the Dolphin (AGSS-555) and the Cutthroat (LSV-2) that
I can find. Most are named for cities and states:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...etop.html#subs

You can check out each class of submarine from this website.

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Old January 23rd 04, 03:35 AM
Tank Fixer
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"Tank Fixer" wrote in message
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Ships that go down (submarines) are named after fish !


Actually, only three of them are currently named for fish/aquatic animals,
the Seawolf (SSN-21), the Dolphin (AGSS-555) and the Cutthroat (LSV-2) that
I can find. Most are named for cities and states:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...etop.html#subs

You can check out each class of submarine from this website.



I know, just further examples of the madness......

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