07-09-2003, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2003, 03:03 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Occhidiangela,Jul 9 2003, 04:59 AM Wrote:...They say that the military is the tool of the politician. Indeed. ..."Fish don't vote!"âattributed to Admiral Rickover as to why the naming convention for submarines was changed with the inception of the Type-688 fast attack boats. Though I still have a preference for "Archerfish", who took out the Shinano in '44.
And Constitution can't be placed on a new ship, after all. The original Constitution's still on the Navy roster, is it not? Then again, her original sister ships were the Congress and the United States. Throw those names back into mix, eh?
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