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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:52:02 GMT, "Andrew.Venor"
wrote: While I would normally agree, I can think of two exceptions. I think it was an appropriate when the Navy named a destroyer after Adm. Arleigh Burke and a supply ship after Bob Hope while they were still alive. ALV Maybe. However, I must admit to a definite prejudice when it comes to how the US names its ships. We just....well... We suck at it, alright? In WAR (a Play-by-email sim I play in), I was trying to create something of a naming policy for the Israeli Navy (just so I had a post in, and because I was bored, and because I figured I may want to do a round of naval expansion later on, so I may as well set down such things.). So I wander over to FAS, Navy sites, etc. See how the US does it, since I don't speak Hebrew IRL. Policy? What policy? Besides the fact that most of the names suck. (When compared to, say, the British naming traditions.) We need standards. Badly. |
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In article , Penta
writes On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:52:02 GMT, "Andrew.Venor" wrote: While I would normally agree, I can think of two exceptions. I think it was an appropriate when the Navy named a destroyer after Adm. Arleigh Burke and a supply ship after Bob Hope while they were still alive. ALV Maybe. However, I must admit to a definite prejudice when it comes to how the US names its ships. We just....well... We suck at it, alright? In WAR (a Play-by-email sim I play in), I was trying to create something of a naming policy for the Israeli Navy (just so I had a post in, and because I was bored, and because I figured I may want to do a round of naval expansion later on, so I may as well set down such things.). So I wander over to FAS, Navy sites, etc. See how the US does it, since I don't speak Hebrew IRL. Policy? What policy? Besides the fact that most of the names suck. (When compared to, say, the British naming traditions.) Names like Invincible and Illustrious are fine, but Indomitable and Indefatigable are a bit of a mouthful. I always liked the alternative names for the old RN carriers Glorious, Furious and Courageous - Curious, Spurious and Outrageous! I've always found the USN system of naming carriers after presidents a bit odd, probably because if we did something similar the navy would end up having to persuade tars that it would be an honour to serve in HMS Harold Wilson or HMS Tony Blair (shudder). Imagine having to walk around with "Margaret Thatcher" on your cap band! We need standards. Badly. Naming major ships after politicians loses you the traditional names, as a previous poster pointed out. Surely a sailor would be happier in the USS Saratoga than in the USS Wilbert Z. Bloggs? -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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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" "Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today, Photo Features, Military FAQs, and more - http://www.hazegray.org/ |
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Peter,
I've always found the USN system of naming carriers after presidents a bit odd, probably because if we did something similar the navy would end up having to persuade tars that it would be an honour to serve in HMS Harold Wilson or HMS Tony Blair (shudder). You think that's bad? How about HMS Neville Chamberlain? Yeesh! On the other hand Britain has had many glorious national figures either predating Parliament (Boudica) or extraneous to it (Hotspur, Black Prince, Lionheart). These have provided the RN a wonderful source of inspirational ship names. Imagine having to walk around with "Margaret Thatcher" on your cap band! Or tattooed anywhere. g ****** Digression on cap bands with ship's names: My Dad started his naval service as a gunner's mate on the USS TENNESSEE (BB-34) during the mid-1930s. At that time US Navy enlisted were still issued flathats, with one's ship's name on the hat ribbon like the RN still does. Sometime around the late 1930s, the US Navy switched to a standard hat ribbon that simply read "US NAVY." According to Dad, the Navy did this because having a ship's name on the hat ribbon was an invitation to fisticuffs if crew from more than one ship found themselves drinking in the same bar. Not unlike gang clothing / "colors" in the US today. Dad adds that this was a time when there was considerable unit pride within individual ships. More positive expressions of this pride were found in athletic activities like softball leagues, boxing "smokers," liberty boat races (these had oars back then) and the like. It was quite an honor, for example, to be the Pacific Fleet boxing champion in one's weight class. ****** Surely a sailor would be happier in the USS Saratoga than in the USS Wilbert Z. Bloggs? I suppose. I've always thought it somewhat ironic that USS SARATOGA (CV-3) found itself serving with HM Indian Ocean forces at one point in WWII. But probably preferable to the RN having to endure the presence of USS YORKTOWN (CV-5). g ****** Another anomaly about US Navy ship names - until fairly recently in our ship-naming history it was very difficult - maybe even impossible - to find ships named after US Civil War battles in which the South prevailed. For example only recently have we now a USS CHANCELORSVILLE (CG-62), named for what was perhaps Lee's most brilliant victory in that conflict. But we've yet to see a USS MANASSAS, other than in an episode of "JAG" that ran in 2000. And we probably never will since Manassas (also called Bull Run, located in Virginia near Washington, DC) is where the North lost not one, but two battles. This simply proves that winners get to write the history - and name the ships after *their* brilliant victories. -- Mike Kanze "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -Mark Twain "Peter Twydell" wrote in message ... In article , Penta writes On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:52:02 GMT, "Andrew.Venor" wrote: While I would normally agree, I can think of two exceptions. I think it was an appropriate when the Navy named a destroyer after Adm. Arleigh Burke and a supply ship after Bob Hope while they were still alive. ALV Maybe. However, I must admit to a definite prejudice when it comes to how the US names its ships. We just....well... We suck at it, alright? In WAR (a Play-by-email sim I play in), I was trying to create something of a naming policy for the Israeli Navy (just so I had a post in, and because I was bored, and because I figured I may want to do a round of naval expansion later on, so I may as well set down such things.). So I wander over to FAS, Navy sites, etc. See how the US does it, since I don't speak Hebrew IRL. Policy? What policy? Besides the fact that most of the names suck. (When compared to, say, the British naming traditions.) Names like Invincible and Illustrious are fine, but Indomitable and Indefatigable are a bit of a mouthful. I always liked the alternative names for the old RN carriers Glorious, Furious and Courageous - Curious, Spurious and Outrageous! I've always found the USN system of naming carriers after presidents a bit odd, probably because if we did something similar the navy would end up having to persuade tars that it would be an honour to serve in HMS Harold Wilson or HMS Tony Blair (shudder). Imagine having to walk around with "Margaret Thatcher" on your cap band! We need standards. Badly. Naming major ships after politicians loses you the traditional names, as a previous poster pointed out. Surely a sailor would be happier in the USS Saratoga than in the USS Wilbert Z. Bloggs? -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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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 |
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In article , Pechs1
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 Pugs |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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