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Meet the Navy's New Warship
The Navy Christened its newest Warship The USS Wichita. It is set to join the Navy Fleet in 2017
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09-20-2016, 03:40 PM | #31 |
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I was onboard the AOE Sacramento for a while. I don't know how oilers get their names though. After a cursory check on wikipedia the names are all over the place.
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09-20-2016, 03:52 PM | #32 |
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Where does Ronald Reagan fit into those categories?
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09-20-2016, 03:55 PM | #33 |
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Under the naming convention adopted in the 70s of naming carriers after presidents, with the exception of the Nimitz which was named after the WW2 admiral.
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09-20-2016, 04:25 PM | #34 |
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Wherever we want him to. Because he's Ronald ****ing Reagan.
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09-20-2016, 08:01 PM | #35 |
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We were talking about how ship got their names back when, not now.
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09-20-2016, 10:17 PM | #36 |
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Yup. That was one of our functions other than ASW and SAR.
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