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Old 11-04-2012, 06:33 PM
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Would've been appropriate if they'd named the first of the new class of carriers, that's replacing the Nimitz class, the Enterprise - then we'd have the Enterprise class for the next 40 or so years.

Instead, the first one is going to be named the Gerald Ford.

Oh wonderful, the Ford class. That's really inspiring.

I wonder if the Navy has any idea that they've just laid themselves wide open to a half-century of bad car jokes.
Yeah, especially when they had so many good admirals to pick names from.

How about the Halsey class, or anything.

Ford really? Whats next the Obama and Bill Clinton class?
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Old 11-04-2012, 06:35 PM
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Whats next the Obama and Bill Clinton class?
Lewinsky class
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Lewinsky class
Would the Hillary class try to attack them?
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Old 11-04-2012, 06:54 PM
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That would be a diesel-electric boat with snorkeling.

Ok that took me a few seconds of thinking to understand......

Subtle but direct as always
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We need to take naming lessions from the Royal Navy, they have the best names.

HMS Furious
HMS Glorious
HMS Vengeance
HMS Invincible
HMS Illustrious

Etc, etc, but we have the Ford, great...
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We need to take naming lessions from the Royal Navy, they have the best names.

HMS Furious
HMS Glorious
HMS Vengeance
HMS Invincible
HMS Illustrious

Etc, etc, but we have the Ford, great...
HMS Battleaxe...my M-i-L. Yeah, great name/
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Old 11-04-2012, 10:05 PM
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HMS Battleaxe...my M-i-L. Yeah, great name/


A line from chapter 32 in Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising"

HMS Battleaxe was already out there, three miles ahead, a subtly different shade on her hull, and the White Ensign fluttering at her mast. A signal light started blinking at them.
WHAT THE DEVIL IS A REUBEN JAMES, Battleaxe wanted to know.
"How do you want to answer that, sir?" a signalman asked.
Morris laughed, the ominous spell broken. "Signal, 'At least we don't name warships for our mother-in-law.'"
"All right!" The petty officer loved it.
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