Aircraft Carrier naming

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
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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....

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In article ,
on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:19:46 GMT,
gizmo-goddard attempted to say .....

"Tank Fixer" wrote in message
.net...

SNIPPED

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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When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in
variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant.

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

beg- Hay, 'Old Phart'! Which carriers did you fly off/on? I was on ten? or so
BRBR

In airwings based on Independence, Midway and Forrestal. Have traps on Sara,
Ike, Enterprise, Lex, Kennedy, Nimitz....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:57:00 -0800, "Mike Kanze"
wrote:


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.

You'll pardon me for saying that I wonder how we could get that back,
including in the Army and other services.

Thoughts, all? How WOULD one work on unit pride/unit
identification/unit cohesion in the modern environment?

John

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

Kearsarge = Queer barge

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:55:33 -0500, in rec.aviation.military.naval Penta
wrote:

Thoughts, all? How WOULD one work on unit pride/unit
identification/unit cohesion in the modern environment?

Not real well. Too much turnover in personnel. Way back when it was possible to
stay with the same ship or unit for several years. Nowadays, I think the average
time on station is two years.

According to my Dad, part of this was due to the circumstances of the
Depression. For many, the armed forces were - literally - a better
alternative to whatever was available at home. So there was a stronger
motivation to treat one's unit as a real "home" and not just as a waypoint.
And thus easier to get folks interested in "community" stuff like softball
leagues.

Also there was a stronger sense of community in the US 70 years ago. We
were a much more homogeneous society then and diversity (as we know it
today) essentially did not exist in the armed forces.

From the command side, there were many collateral duties for junior officers
like Athletics Officer on the larger afloat units - and these really meant
something as JOs were in part evaluated on how well they performed here as
well as with their more traditional duties. For example, if you were the
boxing coach on a battleship you were expected to find and develop
contenders within your ship's company for the fleet Battle Force boxing
championships. Today, with administrivia overflowing from JO in-baskets,
such attention to things like unit athletics has fallen by the wayside.

Having said the above, I'm very impressed by the various expressions of unit
pride I see emanating from the Iraq occupation. We've all read any number
of stories about wounded service members expressing concern for their
unit-mates and wanting to get back with them as soon as possible.

So maybe the old-fashioned kind of pride hasn't disappeared at all, but
taken on a new form.
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Mike Kanze

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

-Mark Twain


"Penta" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:57:00 -0800, "Mike Kanze"
wrote:


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.

You'll pardon me for saying that I wonder how we could get that back,
including in the Army and other services.

Thoughts, all? How WOULD one work on unit pride/unit
identification/unit cohesion in the modern environment?

John

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:11:56 -0600, William Hughes
wrote:

Not real well. Too much turnover in personnel. Way back when it was possible to
stay with the same ship or unit for several years. Nowadays, I think the average
time on station is two years.

Why do we do that, anyway?

Actually, I'm pondering starting a new thread on this. Hold on.