14-05-2005 07:07									#31
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I think having a USS Devastator off of your shores isn't a very good PR move dude....but it would sound pretty cool. USS Tyrant



When you coming back to Hawaii, man? Missed ya the first time...my bad.

	14-05-2005 07:30									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Pax I don't think that LCS will be used for Mine warfare ops. The ships would need to be made of wood. Mine warfare ships are named after birds(MHC) and different types of fightng men(Warrior, Gladiator). The idea for littoral combat ships has been around for longer than the Bush/Rumsfeld administration and 9/11. The navy concept of "forward from the sea" calls for efficiency of power. When it was attacked, A DDG like the COLE could deliver Tomahawks at classified ranges and defend itself against jets and missiles. Who would have thought that it was more vulnerable to a small boat than anything else. Today, we use these same powerful ships for boarding ops and etc. This is sort of a waste. The LCS ships ultimately will allow the U.S. Navy to work more efficiently. That being said, I hate the name Freedom.

You just hate America's freedoms you commie bastard

	14-05-2005 08:34									#33
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USS Apocalypse

	14-05-2005 08:43									#34
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quote: USS Internet!

Perhaps we should honor its illustrious creator first?
USS Al Gore!!111

	14-05-2005 09:34									#35
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Indefatigable, Dreadnought etc.

Titanic

	14-05-2005 13:12									#36
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What on earth is it with Americans and the word 'freedom'? - The most common use of the word 'freedom' in Australia is in ads for tampons.

Incidently, given that Britain's two new carriers are to be named HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth, Brits don't have any grounds on which they can mock the USN

	14-05-2005 13:47									#37
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Ahhh, yes. The British Navy give patriotic names to ships which were made in... France.

	14-05-2005 14:18									#38
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You're just pissed off that they play more with france than with you.

	14-05-2005 21:07									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin The enemy fleet was sunk by Freedom.

Hm, I reckon "Freedom destroyed" would come across really, really, bad.

	14-05-2005 23:03									#40
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Freedom was splattered by Al Qaeda

	15-05-2005 15:35									#41
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When the USS Freedom's captain gets drunk and stears the ship into a rock it's going to look very, very bad

Incidently, one of the few correct decisions Hitler made was renaming the cruiser Deutschland to the Lützow in 1940.

	15-05-2005 17:32									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Pax I don't think that LCS will be used for Mine warfare ops. The ships would need to be made of wood.

IIRC, the Current Mine Warfare ships (minus whatever LHA/LHD is playing the corrdinating role with the Sea Dragons) have fiberglass hulls.

	15-05-2005 19:56									#43
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay USS Bed, Bath, & Beyond!

USS Porno!

	15-05-2005 20:05									#44
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USS Ron Jeremy

	18-05-2005 01:00									#45
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Knew I was going to catch it on that one. Had a bad feeling that I knew of earlier USS Intrepids. That's what comes of not checking up on google...

You get a pass since you're a Canuck, but Decatur's little stunt put the Intrepid just a little below the Constitution and Bon Homme Richard in early American naval history.

	18-05-2005 01:03									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Case What on earth is it with Americans and the word 'freedom'? - The most common use of the word 'freedom' in Australia is in ads for tampons. Incidently, given that Britain's two new carriers are to be named HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth, Brits don't have any grounds on which they can mock the USN

Hell, just compare the ships to our Nimitz class CVNs, and they don't have any grounds. Oh well, the royal navy used to be something.

Bring back Nelson's day!

	18-05-2005 03:23									#47
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"We'll be landing on the USS Walter Mondale -- it's a laundry ship!"

	18-05-2005 03:41									#48
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British ship names

Most beautiful sounding ship name, tho (to me at least) is Principe de Asturias, she's Spanish.