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- From: yukyuk@beta.lanl.gov (Craig B. Huffnagle)
- Subject: Re: Nimitz class carrier names
- Message-ID: <Bxo0vy.5KF@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <Bx5D3H.JAH@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <BxKAnu.Et5@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:35:58 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From yukyuk@beta.lanl.gov (Craig B. Huffnagle)
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- In article <BxKAnu.Et5@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Ernest Cline <@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu:cline@cs.scarolina.edu> writes:
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- >From Ernest Cline <@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu:cline@cs.scarolina.edu>
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- >Raymond Man <raymond@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu> writes:
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- >[stuff deleted...]
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- >The CVN 74 is now building and is supposed to be named after some
- >Congress-critter but IMHO should be named CVN 74 Thomas Jefferson
- >so that CVN 71-74 have all four of the Mt. Rushmore Presidents covered.
- >Ships have changed names before being commissioned, so there is hope!
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- The name for CVN-74 is John C. Stennis. Apparently he was in the Senate
- forever. I also think he was chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
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- >
- >The CVN 75 United States is planned for, but might just go the way of its
- >antecedent the CV 58 United States and not get built at all.
- >
- >--
- >Ernest Cline cline@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu TheUSC
- >
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