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August 17, 2013

SECNAV Chooses "USS Indianapolis" For the Name of LCS-17
— Dave in Texas

In honor of the WWII cruiser USS Indianapolis.

Good call.

Most of you know the story of the USS Indianapolis, I remembered it here. Delivered the first atomic bomb in WWII. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, sank in minutes with heavy losses.

Littoral combat vessels are small and designed for operations in the "littoral" (shallow) zone.

This is supposed to be the USS Detroit, LCS 7, but who knows with the internets

Good to see their memory and their vessel honored in this naming. I like it much better than the name chosen for LCS-10. With all due respect.

*via Dick

UPDATE: heh, you monkeys. Suggested names for future vessels (however many of those there will be.) Via commenter Garrett: USS Middle Class

carry on

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 09:55 AM | Comments (352)
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1 Nice. I wish carriers were still named for famous battles rather than Presidents. That smacks of idolatry.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:00 AM (sdi6R)

2 " I like it much better than the name chosen for LCS-10. With all due respect." No respect is due the political hack.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:00 AM (7agR+)

3 The USS Dolls Eyes would have been too literal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:01 AM (QJurF)

4 I just hope this one turns out better than the LAST one...

Posted by: Joe at August 17, 2013 10:01 AM (qqfTJ)

5
"I like it much better than the name chosen for LCS-10."

I was fully expecting the USS Trayvon.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2013 10:02 AM (kdS6q)

6 I like the basketball court on the aft deck. Nice touch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:03 AM (QJurF)

7 @6 LOL.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:05 AM (sdi6R)

8 I just looked up LCS-10. That's a fucking joke, right? Right?

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:06 AM (sdi6R)

9 Ass Kicker was taken?

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:06 AM (Hx2XA)

10 OT but too good to ignore: There's sky writing over San Diego a la The Wizard of Oz, "Surrender Bob." See Twitchy.

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:06 AM (VlXYw)

11 >>>Good to see their memory and their vessel honored in this naming. I like it much better than the name chosen for LCS-10. With all due respect.

Generally speaking, I would love to see an law passed that forbids the naming of government property after any living person. This is such a terrible practice.

Posted by: dan-O at August 17, 2013 10:06 AM (D0bIN)

12 The government could make some money by selling the ship's name to the highest bidder like a sports stadium. USS Chips Ahoy! would be awesome.

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:09 AM (Hx2XA)

13 We should do like the British do and just give them bad-ass names.

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 10:10 AM (Vk2pI)

14 Ass Kicker was taken?

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 02:06 PM (Hx2XA)

Ass Kicker is too jingoistic. Ass Penetrator would be more inclusive to our ghey men in uniform.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:10 AM (QJurF)

15 11 Generally speaking, I would love to see an law passed that forbids the naming of government property after any living person. This is such a terrible practice. Posted by: dan-O at August 17, 2013 02:06 PM (D0bIN) I think destroyers were traditionally named after people, weren't they? I do agree with you. They shouldn't be named after living persons.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:11 AM (sdi6R)

16
I would love to see an law passed that forbids the naming of government property after any living person. This is such a terrible practice.
Posted by: dan-O

That had been the policy on ship naming. But it was broken for the USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) with much fanfare, then Katie bar the door.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2013 10:12 AM (kdS6q)

17 I think destroyers were traditionally named after people, weren't they? I do agree with you. They shouldn't be named after living persons. Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 02:11 PM (sdi6R) Name 'em after the rand and file who had made the ultimate sacrifice.

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 10:12 AM (Vk2pI)

18 LCS-10 to be launched sans guns...

Posted by: Spun and Murky at August 17, 2013 10:12 AM (4DCSq)

19 Generally speaking, I would love to see an law passed that forbids the naming of government property after any living person. This is such a terrible practice.
Posted by: dan-O at August 17, 2013 02:06 PM (D0bIN)

Actually I would also add that there should be a 2-year-moratorium on naming something after someone who has recently died.

I hate this practice of naming something permanent after a current political or social meme.

Posted by: dan-O at August 17, 2013 10:13 AM (D0bIN)

20 Name 'em after the ~~rand~~rank and file who had made the ultimate sacrifice. Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 02:12 PM (Vk2pI) Fixed.

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 10:13 AM (Vk2pI)

21 We should do like the British do and just give them bad-ass names.

USS Nonplussed

USS Indecisive

USS Ennui

USS Disgruntled

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:13 AM (QJurF)

22 I hate this practice of naming something permanent after a current political or social meme. Posted by: dan-O at August 17, 2013 02:13 PM (D0bIN) Like the U.S.S. Gratuitous Anime Panty Shot? http://tinyurl.com/cab7v6g

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 10:14 AM (Vk2pI)

23 Alternate name for LCS-10 : Eternal Victim

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 17, 2013 10:15 AM (MnSla)

24 USS Meh

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:15 AM (sdi6R)

25 USS Gold Star.

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 10:18 AM (XXwdv)

26 17 Name 'em after the rand and file who had made the ultimate sacrifice. Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 02:12 PM (Vk2pI) USS Ayn Rand. I could live with that.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:18 AM (sdi6R)

27 The USS Proportionate Response

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:18 AM (VlXYw)

28 Or just give it a litoral name. USS Ship.

Posted by: Tutu at August 17, 2013 10:19 AM (CpWI4)

29 War on Women needs Clitoral vessels, no?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2013 10:19 AM (+98Gb)

30 The USS Muslim Outreach

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:20 AM (VlXYw)

31 What does it have for firepower?

Well, never mind that, what it does have : " The design incorporates a large reconfigurable seaframe to allow rapidly interchangeable mission modules, "

So it's basically a Coast Guard buoy tender. . . " a flight deck with integrated helicopter launch, recovery and handling system and the capability to launch and recover boats (manned and unmanned) from both the stern and side."

So which democrat party loyalists won the contract?

Posted by: Confused in Seattle at August 17, 2013 10:20 AM (kPMJY)

32 May G-d protect all who serve in her. Anchors aweigh, USS Indianapolis!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2013 10:20 AM (+98Gb)

33 USS Good Force

Posted by: bob from table9 at August 17, 2013 10:20 AM (H7qrs)

34 I am glad there is another USS Indy, but to be honest, I would have hoped for a larger, more impressive sea going vessel. But maybe that is just me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 10:20 AM (jE38p)

35 31 So which democrat party loyalists won the contract? Posted by: Confused in Seattle at August 17, 2013 02:20 PM (kPMJY) Zombie John Murtha reaches out from the grave for more moolah.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2013 10:21 AM (+98Gb)

36 I again recommend In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton which is the story of the USS Indianapolis and its crew and the subsequent court martial of Captain McVay.

Posted by: huerfano at August 17, 2013 10:21 AM (bAGA/)

37 Looks radar stealthy, but damn that wake can be seen from space.

Posted by: bob from table9 at August 17, 2013 10:22 AM (H7qrs)

38 USS What Difference Does It Make

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:22 AM (VlXYw)

39 USS Lowered Expectations

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:22 AM (QJurF)

40 USS Feckless

Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2013 10:25 AM (NEIxp)

41 USS Leading From Behind

Posted by: Tutu at August 17, 2013 10:25 AM (CpWI4)

42 USS Ship. Posted by: Tutu

United States Ship Ship. I kinda like that.

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:25 AM (Hx2XA)

37 Looks radar stealthy, but damn that wake can be seen from space

It's a wake-board platform!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 17, 2013 10:25 AM (B0tGl)

44 34 I am glad there is another USS Indy, but to be honest, I would have hoped for a larger, more impressive sea going vessel. But maybe that is just me Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 02:20 PM (jE38p) I hear you, but I guess battlecruisers are pretty much extinct, like battleships. I worry about our carriers in the age of guided missiles. They kind of seem like lumbering dinosaurs now.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:25 AM (sdi6R)

45 USS Zimmerman

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:26 AM (Hx2XA)

46 These ship are designed to sail into close-in zones but have no air or surface defense capability. They depend on protection from "real" combat ships (direct quote from an admiral) for protection. However the "real" combat ships can not sail into close-in combat zones thus defeating the intent of the whole thing.

IOW it is a damn target waiting to be sunk by a towel head with a grenade launcher.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 10:26 AM (lZvxr)

47 "1 Nice.

I wish carriers were still named for famous battles rather than Presidents. That smacks of idolatry.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 02:00 PM (sdi6R)"

Yeah. I'd like to name the next few carriers named Poitiers, LePanto and Vienna.

Posted by: Eric Holder at August 17, 2013 10:26 AM (31Nrp)

48 I think the next LCS should be named the USS Panay, because at least one of them is going to end up like that.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:27 AM (7agR+)

49 Carriers are awesome for projecting power, which is why we probably don't need them anymore.

Posted by: Tutu at August 17, 2013 10:27 AM (CpWI4)

50 USS Fucker

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:27 AM (Hx2XA)

51 I read somewhere that the USS Malaise never got out of port...

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 10:28 AM (XXwdv)

52 LCS-7 to file for bankruptcy, soon to sink in 'Sea of Unsustainable Debt'...

Posted by: Spun and Murky at August 17, 2013 10:28 AM (4DCSq)

53 USS Stand Down

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:30 AM (QJurF)

54 I worry about our carriers in the age of guided missiles. They kind of seem like lumbering dinosaurs now. Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 02:25 PM (sdi6R) Well to some extend the purpose of the Carrier is to prevent a real shooting War. They are suppose to be a stand-off weapon surrounded by a phalanx of shielding ships, boats, and their own planes. When and if the times comes when one is actually under real attack by a foe with the capability to launch a threatening missile attack, it just might be time to pull out the Nukes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 10:30 AM (jE38p)

55 "46 These ship are designed to sail into close-in zones but have no air or surface defense capability. They depend on protection from "real" combat ships (direct quote from an admiral) for protection. However the "real" combat ships can not sail into close-in combat zones thus defeating the intent of the whole thing.

IOW it is a damn target waiting to be sunk by a towel head with a grenade launcher.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 02:26 PM (lZvxr)"

Naval aircraft were able to make airstrikes in Afghanistan from 200 miles at sea. I would hope that their aircraft have the range to provide coverage to ships in littoral waters. Unless that admiral is advocating that the battleships be reactivated, I don't think he really has a point.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 10:31 AM (31Nrp)

56 Well, never mind that, what it does have : " The design incorporates a large reconfigurable seaframe to allow rapidly interchangeable mission modules, " So it's basically a Coast Guard buoy tender. . . " a flight deck with integrated helicopter launch, recovery and handling system and the capability to launch and recover boats (manned and unmanned) from both the stern and side." So which democrat party loyalists won the ontract? Posted by: Confused in Seattle at August 17, 2013 02:20 PM (kPMJY) Sounds like a non-flying version of Thunderbird 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEuEF9-UbU

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 10:31 AM (Vk2pI)

57
Teh Morons Are Saved:

http://tinyurl.com/k3zqkwh

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2013 10:31 AM (qM18f)

58 USS Never Fed A Hungry Child

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:32 AM (VlXYw)

59 Name 'em after the rand and file who had made the ultimate sacrifice.

DD-537 was named after the Sullivan brothers.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 17, 2013 10:33 AM (yLe+f)

60 44 I worry about our carriers in the age of guided missiles. They kind of seem like lumbering dinosaurs now.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 02:25 PM (sdi6R)

First they have to find the carrier and that is a LOT harder to do than you think. Then they have to get close enough to launch missiles and that is even harder if there is a captain aboard with balls.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 10:33 AM (lZvxr)

61 USS Apology

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:33 AM (Hx2XA)

62 I am glad there is another USS Indy, but to be honest, I would have hoped for a larger, more impressive sea going vessel. But maybe that is just me *** With this smaller ship, it ensures that another tragedy the likes of what came before will not happen to the Indianapolis.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 17, 2013 10:33 AM (jjvz+)

63
what it does have : "The design incorporates a large reconfigurable seaframe to allow rapidly interchangeable mission modules, "
Posted by: Confused in Seattle

"So he's proactive, huh?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2013 10:33 AM (kdS6q)

64 "I would hope that their aircraft have the range to provide coverage to ships in littoral waters" I understand the Pueblo museum is a point of pride in North Korea.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:34 AM (7agR+)

65 55 Naval aircraft were able to make airstrikes in Afghanistan from 200 miles at sea. I would hope that their aircraft have the range to provide coverage to ships in littoral waters. Unless that admiral is advocating that the battleships be reactivated, I don't think he really has a point.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 02:31 PM (31Nrp)

As I said, it defeats they purpose of having it to begin with.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 10:34 AM (lZvxr)

66 I understand the Pueblo museum is a point of pride in North Korea. Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 02:34 PM (7agR+) 5 minutes after I am elected President, the Pueblo would just be a burning hulk on the bottom of some N Korean harbor

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 10:35 AM (jE38p)

67 USS Who's Hungry?

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:35 AM (Hx2XA)

68 8 I just looked up LCS-10. That's a fucking joke, right? Right? ----- Heh. Yeah. But not the way you're thinking.

Posted by: Emperor Barack at August 17, 2013 10:36 AM (Aif/5)

69 The design incorporates a large reconfigurable seaframe to allow rapidly interchangeable mission modules *** USS Swings Both Way

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 17, 2013 10:36 AM (VlXYw)

70 USS Tolerant

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (QJurF)

71 USS Arugula

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (0HooB)

72 I have never understood how drinking something that is 95% water can dehydrate you.
I have gone for months, never drinking water, only beer. I did not shrivel up and die, quite the opposite.

Posted by: Tutu at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (CpWI4)

73 22 Like the U.S.S. Gratuitous Anime Panty Shot?

Did somebody say "gratuitous anime panty shot"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ZMmpd7CFs

Posted by: Anachronda at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (U82Km)

74 but have no air or surface defense capability

Yea, but they got some sweet DARPA cloaking tech lifted from a crashed Klingon Bird of Prey, right?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (yLe+f)

75 USS Plowshare

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:37 AM (QJurF)

76 Well, I do look forward to the USS Barack Obama CVN. Because it will mean the bastard is dead.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:38 AM (7agR+)

USS Mom Jeans.

She's a stealth ship, covered in umbrellas.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 10:39 AM (0HooB)

USS Which Way is the Wind Blowing

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 10:40 AM (edmTQ)

79 "65 55 Naval aircraft were able to make airstrikes in
Afghanistan from 200 miles at sea. I would hope that their aircraft have
the range to provide coverage to ships in littoral waters. Unless that
admiral is advocating that the battleships be reactivated, I don't think
he really has a point.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 02:31 PM (31Nrp)

As I said, it defeats they purpose of having it to begin with.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 02:34 PM (lZvxr)"

The purpose of those ships is to operate on their own and unsupported? Interesting approach to naval strategy.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 10:41 AM (31Nrp)

80 Not Voting For Weiner? Leading NYC Mayoral Candidate, Christine Quinn, Wants To Strengthen And Enlarge CityÂ….Condoms City health officials say the rubbers are just ducky. ItÂ’s a mad, mad worldÂ… Via NY Post: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she wants to fix the quality Â“problemsÂ” involving the free, government-issued NYC Condoms Â— but city health officials say New Yorkers think theyÂ’re fine. The Department of Health has received zero complaints regarding the Â“NYCÂ”- brand condoms so far this year, a spokeswoman said. Ya know the weinie wagger is looking better and better. And anyway what does a lezbo know about condoms?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 10:41 AM (jE38p)

81 ...on memory, re: internet google responses to query on MB... Aug.17 '13 mywaynews "The Muslim Brotherhood group, founded in 1928, came to power a year ago when its Morsi was elected in the country's first free presidential elections. The election came after the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising in 2011." Internet's been revised in documenting the MB history which began in Saudi Arabia, formation through "new" Wahhabi fundamentalist, illegitimate Islamic "royal" claim, coalition of war lords aided/funded by Britain, to overcome the Ottoman Empire, state/locale by region....to today.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 17, 2013 10:41 AM (MhA4j)

82 I wonder what the ships are called in our "Idiocracy" future--USS Spears? USS Katy Perry?

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:41 AM (7agR+)

83 USS Let's Move

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 10:41 AM (N/bqB)

84 Posted by: Tutu at August 17, 2013 02:37 PM (CpWI4)

One thing I learned when I came of age. Drinking beer and then being out in the Arizona heat during the summer is NOT a good mix.

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 10:42 AM (XXwdv)

85 USS Lean Forward

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 17, 2013 10:42 AM (jjvz+)

86 It looks like a pelican. I can't wait to see the Pixar version of the LCS.

Posted by: Beagle at August 17, 2013 10:42 AM (sOtz/)

87 USS Yes We Can't!

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 10:42 AM (Hx2XA)

88 The purpose of those ships is to operate on their own and unsupported? Interesting approach to naval strategy. *** Alone and without a leader.

Posted by: Horace Rumple at August 17, 2013 10:43 AM (VlXYw)

89 The thread stomping was to limit the number of platinum memberships ace has to give out, wasn't it?

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at August 17, 2013 10:44 AM (UR1wn)

90 "64 "I would hope that their aircraft have the range to provide coverage to ships in littoral waters"

I understand the Pueblo museum is a point of pride in North Korea.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 02:34 PM (7agR+)"

Yeah, and that happened a year after A Very Bad Thing happened to the USS Liberty. Maybe sending out ships by themselves without any cover or support is a suboptimal policy.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 10:45 AM (31Nrp)

91 USS Queeg

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 10:45 AM (0HooB)

92 USS Queeg **** USS Queef

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 17, 2013 10:45 AM (jjvz+)

USS Queef

USS Mewling Quim

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 10:46 AM (0HooB)

94 We'd pick up the barstools and get to poundin' ... sometime the sharknado go away, sometime it don't

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2013 10:47 AM (/9IC1)

95

Palindrome Class Destroyer USS Ssu

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2013 10:47 AM (kdS6q)

96 Vic - "...it is a damn target..."

A characteristic it shares with all skimmers. Unfortunately, it can't support the Battle Group. Only strategic missions are important enough to require an entire class of ships. The U.S. Navy needs to cancel the LCS, invest in ship upgrades and maintenance, and buy more Ospreys. The V-22 is key to providing standoff range for the Battle Group.

Posted by: Icepilot at August 17, 2013 10:48 AM (Tx8rr)

@81

Ikhwan was not formed until after the Ottoman Empire had been defeated by the allies in WWI. If anything, the MB was formed to recreate the Caliphate which ended with the war and Kemalism, but with an Arab (not Turkish) Caliph in charge. Sunni Arabs to be specific. Which is why the Caliphate is mainly a recipe for sectarian warfare and not a real plan for governance.

Posted by: Beagle at August 17, 2013 10:48 AM (sOtz/)

98 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 02:45 PM ( Cheseapeake, Leopard, that sort of thing.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 10:48 AM (7agR+)

99 Iowa class, lurking just beyond the horizon. Ultimate State Department.

Posted by: Bill at August 17, 2013 10:49 AM (uvyrw)

100 USS Reset

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 10:50 AM (0HooB)

101 USS Reset Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 02:50 PM (0HooB) That ship has done sailed

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 10:51 AM (jE38p)

102 USS SmartPower - the first ship of America's all-solar-powered Navy

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 10:51 AM (QJurF)

103 Hopefully they can bolt on a few Phalanx systems if needed or a half dozen Dillon miniguns .

Posted by: awkward davies at August 17, 2013 10:53 AM (WK8VM)

104 Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 02:26 PM (lZvxr)

They used to be called destroyers.

And anyone with any knowledge of destroyer operations, especially in WWII, will understand that small ships can pack an oversized punch.

These things are politically driven messes. They do nothing well.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 17, 2013 10:54 AM (gqgiP)

105 USS Recycle Made with 83% post consumer materials

Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 17, 2013 10:54 AM (5PZin)

106 USS Yes We Scan

Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 17, 2013 10:54 AM (4Mv1T)

107 Looks like a five inch gun in the photo . I'd call that surface defense capable .

Posted by: awkward davies at August 17, 2013 10:55 AM (WK8VM)

108 76 Well, I do look forward to the USS Barack Obama CVN. Because it will mean the bastard is dead. Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 02:38 PM (7agR+) Not necessarily. See upthread. They're naming them after living people now.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 10:56 AM (sdi6R)

109 Hey there honey, mind if I operate in your littoral zone?

Posted by: Bob Filner at August 17, 2013 10:59 AM (7Bwv4)

110
USS That Fat Kid From "What's Happening!!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 17, 2013 11:00 AM (kdS6q)

111 79 The purpose of those ships is to operate on their own and unsupported? Interesting approach to naval strategy.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 02:41 PM (31Nrp)

The purpose is to sail in to close-in areas and launch small boats are assault helos in a stealthy manner. If you have to launch F-18s to cover them that defeats the purpose.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 11:03 AM (lZvxr)

112 108 Oh, I am more aware than you realize. They just don't name them in life after mere sea warriors (Burke being the main exception I can think of). No, you have to be a member of the nobility. Giffords, Warner, so on.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 11:05 AM (7agR+)

113 104 They used to be called destroyers.

And anyone with any knowledge of destroyer operations, especially in WWII, will understand that small ships can pack an oversized punch.

These things are politically driven messes. They do nothing well.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 17, 2013 02:54 PM (gqgiP)

Exactly, that was one of the missions of a destroyer.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 11:05 AM (lZvxr)

114 The V-22 is key to providing standoff range for the Battle Group.

There's a rocket assist GPS guided round that can be fired from a standard 5" naval gun in the works too. Range is over 40mi

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 17, 2013 11:06 AM (yLe+f)

115 Okay, this was designed new for littoral waters. Do we have anything new for biggoral waters?

Posted by: Soona at August 17, 2013 11:07 AM (fByRn)

116 Other than USMC Cobras, does the USN have attack helicopters? My BiL was a MC in charge of helo maintenance and I don't recall any.

Posted by: Beagle at August 17, 2013 11:07 AM (sOtz/)

117 Bring back the battleship and fit it out with a single huge railgunÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 17, 2013 11:09 AM (Vk2pI)

118 There's a rocket assist GPS guided round that can be fired from a standard 5" naval gun in the works too. Range is over 40mi Posted by: Purp at August 17, 2013 03:06 PM (yLe+f) ERGM

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 11:09 AM (uRqqf)

119 117 I believe the Penguin deal has lapsed, but I have somewhat stopped paying attention for a while.

Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 11:09 AM (7agR+)

120 107 Looks like a five inch gun in the photo . I'd call that surface defense capable .

Posted by: awkward davies at August 17, 2013 02:55 PM (WK8VM)

When I called up the description of th9is vessel it said they had no surface or air defense capability and they quoted an admiral who said it depended on "real" combat ships for defense. That must be one of those "change out" packages they were talking about up thread.

I'll bet that one is a real winner. Especially since the old 5" 38 took a crew of 30 or 40 people to man and I doubt if they have that many people on this ship. Especially if they are hauling an assault team in.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 11:12 AM (lZvxr)

121 115 The V-22 is key to providing standoff range for the Battle Group.

There's a rocket assist GPS guided round that can be fired from a standard 5" naval gun in the works too. Range is over 40mi

Posted by: Purp at August 17, 2013 03:06 PM (yLe+f)

The key to providing stand-off range is currently the F-18 and all its variants. And it is getting long in the tooth. Also the destroyer escorts have surface to surface missile capability.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 11:14 AM (lZvxr)

122 No, you have to be a member of the nobility. Giffords, Warner, so on. ----------- Don't forget about me!!

Posted by: Zombie Milk at August 17, 2013 11:16 AM (Aif/5)

123 USS Lemon Party

Posted by: Brendan at August 17, 2013 11:16 AM (7Bwv4)

124 I thought they were using smooth-bore sabot rounds for the enhanced 5 inchers?

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at August 17, 2013 11:17 AM (aRX5N)

125 "The purpose is to sail in to close-in areas and launch small boats are assault helos in a stealthy manner. If you have to launch F-18s to cover them that defeats the purpose.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 03:03 PM (lZvxr)"

That is one of the missions that they were sold to Congress to perform. In theory they can drop in a new module and crew members to match and do air defense or antisubmarine missions as well. Now I don't know how well this "both a desert topping and a floor cleaner" idea is going to be implemented in reality. Like many multipurpose products, I suspect not all that well. The thing is that I don't think that it is usually a good idea to send out ships by themselves as the history of the namesake USS Indianapolis illustrates.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 11:18 AM (31Nrp)

126 Looks like ERGM was the old version.

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 11:21 AM (uRqqf)

127 USS Reset
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 02:50 PM (0HooB)

That ship has done sailed Posted by: Nevergiveup

And sank.

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 11:21 AM (Hx2XA)

128 We should do like the British do and just give them bad-ass names. Posted by: The Political Hat
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One of my favorites, HMS Dreadnought.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:23 AM (aDwsi)

129 USS Well This Is A Fine Pickle

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 11:23 AM (Hx2XA)

130 USS Some Say

Posted by: wef at August 17, 2013 11:23 AM (c3xwz)

131 Now I don't know how well this "both a desert topping and a floor cleaner" idea is going to be implemented in reality. Just like the F-111. Not really a fighter. The CV variant was too big, too heavy. But it did develop into an excellent attack aircraft, do the SEAD role, and the medium bomber role, as well. And provided the seed for the Tomcat.

Posted by: Karen at August 17, 2013 11:24 AM (XFTOV)

132 4 I just hope this one turns out better than the LAST one... Posted by: Joe at August 17, 2013 02:01 PM (qqfTJ) ####### The USS Indianapolis SSN-697. She served from 1980-98. She was a non-improved Los Angeles class SSN (fins on the sail, no VLS tubes). Most of those have been decommissioned. The 688-I boats are going strong though ( fins at the bow so they can surface at the poles and 12VLS tubes for Tomahawks).

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 17, 2013 11:24 AM (RXQ2T)

133 HMS Battleaxe is pretty damn good as well.

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 11:24 AM (uRqqf)

134 Don't forget about me!! Posted by: Zombie Milk
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I don't even want to check. Really? A naval vessel named for Harvey Milk? No..., don't answer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:25 AM (aDwsi)

135 113 108 Oh, I am more aware than you realize. Posted by: T. at August 17, 2013 03:05 PM (7agR+) Sorry, didn't mean to suggest you weren't. I like your comments here.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 11:27 AM (sdi6R)

136

And sank.

Part of it was found and remelted into the USS Cankles. Launch date is 2016.

OK, littoral-class Morons, I gotta BBQ to attend. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 17, 2013 11:27 AM (0HooB)

137 USS Horrible Customer Service

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:27 AM (aDwsi)

138 Syrian Sunni Rebels Kills 11 Christians During Attack On CheckpointÂ… Think about it, the U.S. is backing Muslim radicals killing Christians, and the low information voters donÂ’t have a problem with that?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2013 11:29 AM (jE38p)

139

I had no idea what ERGM was, but apparently it's cancelled as of 2008. In name.

Posted by: Beagle at August 17, 2013 11:30 AM (sOtz/)

140 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_order_of_battle_and_casualties#British_fleet

Most of those ship names aren't too bad...with one notable exception. A schooner named "Pickle".

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 17, 2013 11:30 AM (yLe+f)

141 The pic is of LCS-2, USS Independence. LCS-7 is still under construction in WI...

Posted by: Spun and Murky at August 17, 2013 11:30 AM (4DCSq)

142 USS Peruvian USS Money Shot USS What Difference Does It Make

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:33 AM (AO9UG)

143

@139

LIVs don't know there is a Syria. Maybe a breakfast Syria.

Posted by: Beagle at August 17, 2013 11:34 AM (sOtz/)

144 USS Don't Call My Bluff

Posted by: Ronster at August 17, 2013 11:35 AM (nnbZs)

145 USS Diversity

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 11:35 AM (XXwdv)

146 USS I Killed Bin Laden

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 11:36 AM (edmTQ)

147 USS IRS USS Rodeo Clown

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:37 AM (AO9UG)

148 "Especially since the old 5" 38 took a crew of 30 or 40 people to man and I doubt if they have that many people on this ship. Especially if they are hauling an assault team in.

Posted by: Vic at August 17, 2013 03:12 PM (lZvxr)"

The WW II era 5" 38 took a lot of people to crew it. That was in the 1940s when factories took a lot more people to operate than they do today. One of the things the Navy has done in recent years has been to introduce some of the automation in their ships that has been common in industry for at least 30 years and has resulted in a much smaller head count in factories as well as improved product, less waste and safer plant operations. This has allowed the Navy to operate with smaller crews even though they have more people on hand than a civilian operation with a similar process would have due to the obvious requirements of a military organization. I genuinely think that if the Navy wanted to keep their battleships, they could have reduced the crew size to less than half what they were during WW II without any loss in effectiveness.

In any event, I believe the Navy is going in the direction of standardizing on a 155 mm gun (6 inches) which is heavily automated in loading, aiming and targeting. This will allow some commonality with Army munitions.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 11:37 AM (31Nrp)

149 USS Garden Gate

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 11:38 AM (A+1FW)

150 USS Unexceptional Oh, and Egypt is sending a diplomatic mission to Russia. We're number 2! We're number 2!

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 11:39 AM (uRqqf)

151 USS Game of Spades

Posted by: Andy in FL at August 17, 2013 11:39 AM (nf/Xx)

152 Carolla rant was awesome. Remember to support Carolla. You want guys like him to get rich for telling the Left to go fuck themselves. The Left is already trying to blackball him. Their main tactic is to label him a homophone and racist cause he tells lesbian and Mexican jokes. If Carolla was a leftist he'd have his own show on HBO or Comedy Central. Now that he's openly a libertarian-ish right-winger -- and an angry, foul-mouthed one -- he can't even get on radio let alone TV. But he told the establishment Left to fuck themselves, setup up a podcast network and is making decent money. He's crowd-funding his new movie. So, if you like his rants then subscribe to his podcast and youtube channels. Buy his book. Buy his merch. Go see his shows. Reward your friends and punish your enemies. Carolla is a friend.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 11:40 AM (ZPrif)

153 USS Recovery Summer

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:40 AM (AO9UG)

154 homophobe, not homophone

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 11:40 AM (ZPrif)

155 "Oh, and Egypt is sending a diplomatic mission to Russia."

Are they sailing there on the USS Arab Spring?

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 11:41 AM (XXwdv)

156

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:41 AM (aDwsi)

157 USS Funemployment!

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 11:41 AM (Hx2XA)

158 USS Outreach

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:42 AM (aDwsi)

159 USS Versusthem.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2013 11:43 AM (+98Gb)

160 USS Seriously, Is That A Cock In My Ass?

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 11:43 AM (Hx2XA)

161 USS Middle Class

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 11:44 AM (A+1FW)

162 Absolutely off-thread: There was talk earlier about Kasim Reed'ss future. Well, he probably has one, but the blunt fact is that his signature accomplishment thus far as mayor has been pimping out taxpayers for an unneeded stadium.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 11:45 AM (FHv6d)

163 USS Debt Ceiling

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:45 AM (AO9UG)

164 USS Sequester

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:46 AM (AO9UG)

165 USS Redistribution

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 11:47 AM (A+1FW)

166 USS Why Doesn't Anyone Else Wear These Caps? Just Look At Them, They're Darling!

Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 11:47 AM (Hx2XA)

167 There was talk earlier about Kasim Reed'ss future. Well, he probably has one, but the blunt fact is that his signature accomplishment thus far as mayor has been pimping out taxpayers for an unneeded stadium. Posted by: Random
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But, but..., he is neat, clean and well spoken, and, well..., you know...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:47 AM (aDwsi)

168 USS Seriously, Is That A Cock In My Ass? Posted by: Dang at August 17, 2013 03:43 PM (Hx2XA) That is the laugh of the day!

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 17, 2013 11:47 AM (w7s2Y)

169 USS Focused On The Economy - Again

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:47 AM (AO9UG)

170 LCD-17 will be a Freedom variant and look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS-Freedom-130222-N-DR144-174-crop.jpg The picture above illustrates the USS Independence LCS-2. Even numbered LCS ships are trimaran hulls while odd numbered ones are traditional monohulls. Navy was going to make only one type (~50) after buying 2-3 of each and checking them out. Decided to get both types (~25 each). Keeps the work force employed at both sites. These are really corvettes with massive helipads. Might even be able to land a Harrier on them though the hanger on the Freedom variant may be too small.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 17, 2013 11:48 AM (RXQ2T)

171 USS You Didn't Build That

USS Necessarily SkyRocket

Posted by: Portnoy at August 17, 2013 11:49 AM (g9Osd)

172 "156 "Oh, and Egypt is sending a diplomatic mission to Russia."

Are they sailing there on the USS Arab Spring?

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 03:41 PM (XXwdv)"

Probably not but perhaps after budget cuts, the Navy can take a page from sports arenas and sail them there in the USS Irish Spring.

That opens up a whole lot of other possibilities like the USS Pop-N-Fresh, USS Starbucks, USS Depends, USS Toyota, USS T-Mobile or the USS Goldman Sachs.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 11:49 AM (31Nrp)

173 USS Endless Vacation
USS Not Optimal
USS What, At This Point, Does It Matter
USS SCOAMT (for Allen G)

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 17, 2013 11:49 AM (MnSla)

174 USS Malaise

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at August 17, 2013 11:50 AM (A+1FW)

175 or the USS Goldman Sachs.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole

That one's already been built.

It's dry-docked at 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 17, 2013 11:50 AM (c3xwz)

176 HMS Battleaxe is pretty damn good as well. Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 03:24 PM (uRqqf) I feel so flattered they named a ship after me!

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 17, 2013 11:51 AM (Vk2pI)

177 USS Free Throw

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:51 AM (aDwsi)

178 USS I Won

Posted by: Ronster at August 17, 2013 11:52 AM (nnbZs)

179 USS Reggie Penetrator

Posted by: eman at August 17, 2013 11:52 AM (AO9UG)

180 USS Line in the Sand, no, this time I mean it.

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 11:52 AM (edmTQ)

181 USS Acorn

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:53 AM (aDwsi)

182 USS Red October

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 11:54 AM (31Nrp)

183 USS Clusterfuck

Posted by: wheatie at August 17, 2013 11:56 AM (el7k2)

184 I didn't know what LCS-10's name was, so Googled it.

THE HELL.

"Our ship is named after a random unfortunate Congress critter who got shot and is brain damaged. We shall uphold that tradition in battle."

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 17, 2013 11:57 AM (GoMJD)

185 USS Dancing Boy

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 11:57 AM (A+1FW)

186 168 I mean, first he wanted the *State* to pay for it, while his city government was basically doing the modern day equivalent of literacy tests to keep Tea Partiers from being able to peacefully assemble for a few hours--in the same park they later allowed the Occupy crowd to keep other citizens from using for days upon end. But then the state said "come on, get real", so Reed decided to fleece out-of-towners to line some rich white guts pockets. Fine, but it is a shame that historic black church had to be torn down.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 11:58 AM (FHv6d)

187 USS Bendover

Posted by: wheatie at August 17, 2013 11:58 AM (el7k2)

188 USS Woods/Doherty!! RIP!

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 11:58 AM (u6lBN)

189 USS Plowshare
Posted by: Cicero
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USS Pruning Hook

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 11:59 AM (aDwsi)

190 I just wish the navy would re-establish some kind of nomenclature system for name instead of the willy nilly shit they do now.

It used to be simple;
Carriers-famous ships and battles
Battleships-states
Cruisers-cities
Destroyers-people
Subs-fish and other marine life

If you knew the name of the vessel you had a pretty good idea of what kind of ship it was and what its mission was. I know we don't have the classic warship types anymore but we have vessels that basically fill the same niches (wouldn't a guided missile cruiser or destroyer be the modern equivalent of a battleship?).

I would suggest that littoral combat ships be named after civil war monitors.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at August 17, 2013 12:00 PM (E3gqr)

191 USS Skeet

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:00 PM (A+1FW)

192 USS Putin.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 12:00 PM (u6lBN)

193 Subs-fish and other marine life
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Easy.
USS Bottom Feeder

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:01 PM (aDwsi)

194 USS MSM.

Taken off active duty due to rudder problems. It kept turning left.

Posted by: HH at August 17, 2013 12:02 PM (XXwdv)

195 USS Fauntleroy

Posted by: Ronster at August 17, 2013 12:02 PM (nnbZs)

196 everything considered I would personally prefer that all memorials to the USS Indianapolis be shore based. It is a little superstitious but I would not want to serve on something that was the namesake of the largest ever sharkacue.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:02 PM (Z9EHQ)

197 The Little Crappy Ship concept is a frequent topic of discussion over at CDR Salamander's excellent naval blog.

Suffice it to say that it's a perfect vessel for the Obama era. It's simultaneously overpriced and unfit for purpose.

More and more, the US armed forces are starting to resemble their predecessors of the 1920s and 1930s, where they slowly rotted from within due to peacetime laxity and bad engineering decisions. We forget how badly the early engagements off WWII went for the USA.

The country was able to survive WWII because it had a huge underutilized industrial base and could build its way out of trouble once the shooting began. And, technology of the era didn't allow aggressors to easily touch continental American soil (no long range aircraft or missiles). Neither of these situations obtain today.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2013 12:02 PM (gqT4g)

198 USS Feckless

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:03 PM (A+1FW)

199

192 USS Skeet

I laughed.

But it's really not that funny, is it...because it's true.

Posted by: wheatie at August 17, 2013 12:03 PM (el7k2)

200 USS And You Thought Carter Was Bad

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 12:03 PM (edmTQ)

201 I would suggest that littoral combat ships be named after civil war monitors.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos
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You're going to run out of names pretty quickly.

Very politically incorrect, but I suppose a boat might be named the USS Hunley. Might be a little weird for the crew.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:04 PM (aDwsi)

202 "I would suggest that littoral combat ships be named after civil war monitors" Oh God, no. By the time the crew got out the name "Wakanaminnehahwopnatha" over the radio, it would be sunk. Gideon Welles was not a genius when it came to names.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 12:04 PM (FHv6d)

203 USS Red Sox Suck

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:05 PM (A+1FW)

204 Also, the Brits had lots of great names;
Furious
Valiant
Warspite
Vanguard
Thunderer
Revenge
etc...

Oddly though, the only HMS Excalibur was an experimental sub.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at August 17, 2013 12:06 PM (E3gqr)

205

197...It is a little superstitious but I would not want to serve on something that was the namesake of the largest ever sharkacue.

I know.

Seems like a jinx, doesn't it.

Posted by: wheatie at August 17, 2013 12:06 PM (el7k2)

206 Gideon Welles was not a genius when it came to names. Posted by: Random name
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What's wrong with 'Rosebud'? Oh..., wait...., Gideon Welles...., never mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:07 PM (aDwsi)

207 Warspite is a great name.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:07 PM (A+1FW)

208 >>>You're going to run out of names pretty quickly<<<

Not if you count the riverine monitors and Pook's turtles.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at August 17, 2013 12:07 PM (E3gqr)

209 "I wish carriers were still named for famous battles rather than Presidents. That smacks of idolatry."

Here's torquewrench's proposed naval naming convention:

All warships without exception will honor the memories of those from the American armed forces who gave their lives in the service of their country.

Without. Exception.

When a nation begins to name warships after superannuated politicians whose closest approach to battle was from a well padded chair on the Senate Armed Services Committee, that nation is on the steep greased slide into the shitmire.

Oh, and none of you will be surprised to know that the Obama clownministration has named a U.S. Navy ship after... Cesar Chavez, the Chicano farm labor activist. A guy who served in the Navy but who hated it and said it was the worst experience of his life, and actively discouraged youngsters around him from enlisting.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2013 12:08 PM (gqT4g)

210 I like Thunderer a lot--it has a Victorian steampunk vibe to it.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at August 17, 2013 12:08 PM (E3gqr)

211 My 203: I mean, ???? Coastal Monitors Monitor Passaic class Passaic Montauk Nahant Patapsco Weehawken Sangamon Catskill Nantucket Lehigh Camanche Canonicus class Canonicus Saugus Tecumseh Manhattan Mahopac Wyandotte Ajax Catawaba Oneota Onondaga Miantonomoh class Miantonomoh Monadnock Agamenticus Tonawanda Tunxis Chimo Naubuc Squando Wassuc Koka Cohoes Etlah Umpqua

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 12:09 PM (FHv6d)

212 I am genuinely touched. My father served as senior flight officer on the Indy for 2 years and was transferred in late 1944 when Capt. McVay took command. I was named in honor of the Indy's radio officer, Lt. N. Page Hill, who died trying to get an SOS out of the damaged radio rooms. What distinguished the Indy from other cruisers in WWII (besides her tragic loss) was that she was one of the Washington Treaty cruisers which bore the weight of the Japanese offensives in 1942 and early 1943 until America's production capacity could flood the Pacific with modern warships. In addition she was the flagship of the fleet whnever Admiral Raymond Spruance commanded the 5th Fleet. Many of the treaty cruisers met their end in gallant surface battles protecting the landings at Guadalcanal. The exploits of men on ships such as the USS Houston, USS Northhampton, USS Salt Lake City, USS Portland, and USS Chicago are well-known among naval surface officers today. However most americans have no idea about the sacrifices it took to blunt the Japanese offenses. It is a shame that a naval historian hasn't seen fit to write a book about the service and sacrifice of the treaty class cruisers in the Pacific. My father often talked about writing such a book. He said that it should be titled - "Tin Ships and Iron Men".

Posted by: Paige Jackson at August 17, 2013 12:09 PM (jBeky)

213 I hate these toy boats. Reminds me of an interview Oliver North did whey this shit sandwich was just starting. He was totally dismayed at the concept of the retiring of our Battleships. He said as a Marine recon knowing that just off the horizon was something that could lob the armament was reassuring. This stupidity is akin to the Army doing away with the M1s and outfitting jeeps with RPGs. Faster, lighter my ass.

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at August 17, 2013 12:10 PM (aKhUT)

214 I hate LCS.

Posted by: CDR M at August 17, 2013 12:10 PM (dKV5k)

215 I mean, the enemy will die laughing.... Kalamazoo class Kalamazoo Passaconaway Quinsigamond Shakamaxon

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 12:11 PM (FHv6d)

216 and another thing, sharkweek always goes off about how sharks do not really want to eat people and if a shark bites someone ti is simply a mistake, they are trying to figure out what you are, and you get spit out right away. does someone at sharkweek need a refresher on the USS Indianapolis thing? do sharks not have some kind of sharkernets to say "hey there is a big pile of skinny bony things floating at coordinates x and y. you probably smelled em and heard em but nevermind, I bit a few, and spit them out so everyone move along on to the next scent please."

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:11 PM (Z9EHQ)

217 Oh, and none of you will be surprised to know that the Obama clownministration has named a U.S. Navy ship after... Cesar Chavez
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Just when I think that the depths have been plumbed, Barky Inc. manage to surprise me. There is no bottom...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:11 PM (aDwsi)

218 185 I didn't know what LCS-10's name was, so Googled it. THE HELL. "Our ship is named after a random unfortunate Congress critter who got shot and is brain damaged. We shall uphold that tradition in battle." Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 17, 2013 03:57 PM (GoMJD) ROTFLMAO.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 12:12 PM (sdi6R)

219 USS Civil Rights... soon...

Posted by: soothsayer lightfoot at August 17, 2013 12:12 PM (eIT+6)

220 USS Biofuel

Posted by: CDR M at August 17, 2013 12:12 PM (dKV5k)

221

I am genuinely touched.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Bob Filner at August 17, 2013 12:12 PM (A+1FW)

222 First ever Nascar race at Mid-Ohio. Excellent attendance. Great location. Pretty easy drive from Columbus, Cleveland, Akron. Even Pittsburgh. Region is under-served for Nascar races.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 12:13 PM (ZPrif)

223

Oh, and none of you will be surprised to know that the Obama clownministration has named a U.S. Navy ship after... Cesar Chavez

USS Lettuce Picker

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:13 PM (A+1FW)

224
USS Par Four

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 17, 2013 12:13 PM (0IhFx)

225 USS Mulligan

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:13 PM (A+1FW)

226 USS Brokedick USS Hangar Queen

Posted by: CDR M at August 17, 2013 12:14 PM (dKV5k)

227 I did not se the fine prints. given a choice between USS Detroit and USS Indianapolis I would go with the later. sharks are one thing but a bunch of inbred nepotistic communist ghouls well, I will take the sharks - laser beams or no.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:14 PM (Z9EHQ)

228 217 sharkweek always goes off about how sharks do not really want to eat people and if a shark bites someone ti is simply a mistake, they are trying to figure out what you are, and you get spit out right away. Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 04:11 PM (Z9EHQ) Yeah, if a shark bites off my leg then immediately spits it out, I'm cool with that. No harm, no foul.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 12:14 PM (sdi6R)

229 USS Spatchcock

Posted by: CDR M at August 17, 2013 12:15 PM (dKV5k)

230 The scifi series ANDROMEDA had the best warship names.

Posted by: soothsayer lightfoot at August 17, 2013 12:15 PM (eIT+6)

231 USS Displaced Aboriginal Inhabitants

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 17, 2013 12:15 PM (QJurF)

232 USS Sharkbait

Posted by: Someone had to... at August 17, 2013 12:15 PM (el7k2)

233 Of the lcs designs, the Independence design is by far the cooler of the two. however, knowing nothing about ships I would hve to ask, isn't that long skinny bow a potential damage control nightmare? looks as if it might get blown right off by a big mine.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:16 PM (Z9EHQ)

234 USS Chum

Posted by: Someone slap me... at August 17, 2013 12:16 PM (el7k2)

235 USS Indignity

Posted by: Fritz at August 17, 2013 12:17 PM (K7xnX)

236 USS Cairo Speech

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 17, 2013 12:17 PM (mo6Xp)

237 USS Tryin' To Buy Some Shrimp

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:17 PM (A+1FW)

238 USS Waffles

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 17, 2013 12:18 PM (mo6Xp)

239 If the mission modules ever work the LCS might not totally suck.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 12:18 PM (ZPrif)

240 We need a Constitutional amendment requiring that any living person for whom a Navy ship is named should immediately be put to death. The idea of naming ships for living persons is ridiculous.

Posted by: JEM at August 17, 2013 12:18 PM (o+SC1)

241 USS Watch This Putt

Posted by: KG at August 17, 2013 12:19 PM (IPz9m)

242 USS Fuggin-A

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at August 17, 2013 12:19 PM (MhA4j)

243 USS Target Practice

Posted by: Someone slap me...hard.. at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (el7k2)

244
USS Display Purposes Only

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (0IhFx)

245 I don't think he really has a point.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 17, 2013 02:31 PM (31Nrp)

That's because you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (Q9qpj)

246 "Of the lcs designs, the Independence design is by far the cooler of the two."

Unfortunately, cool looks do not equate to combat effectiveness or combat survivability, two regards in which both forms of LCS are terribly deficient.

See also: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Looks super cool. Doesn't get the job done. Isn't worth the money.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (gqT4g)

247 the navy found a corporate sponsor: There were some complaints but ultimately the money over came any objections: Ladies and Gentlemen i give you The USS TARGET

Posted by: bob from table9 at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (H7qrs)

248 USS Taxed Enough Already Of course it would always be under surveillance and IRS audits would be a regular occurrence. There is the outside possibility the contract to construct it would be delayed until after the election.

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at August 17, 2013 12:20 PM (IanLz)

249 USS Cankles

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:21 PM (aDwsi)

250

any living person for whom a Navy ship is named should immediately be put to death.

Then cremated and the ashes shot out of the forward gun on the maiden voyage.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:21 PM (A+1FW)

251 And improved small missiles, UAVs, mini robo-subs, and laser weapons could actually make the LCS kinda aweseom around 2025. In that scenario it's a mini mothership that can spit out a small armada of robo-weapons (planes, subs, helos) and extend US presence. Of course none of those advances solve the problem of it not being able to survive being hit, which would be helpful in a war. Be awesome as long as we fight only countries who can't shoot back.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 12:22 PM (ZPrif)

252 A last comment on names--in general, the old American common culture, killed by Progs so they could spend money without resistance, and everybody just needs to decide if the new one is anything worth owing fealty to. Right now, I don't think it is--too ephemeral, too shallow, too much faux sophistication. The Giffords is just part and parcel of that. The blunt fact is that a USS Katy Perry would actually resonate more in certain sections than a USS Valley Forge.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 12:22 PM (FHv6d)

253 The USS TARGET Posted by: bob
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Of the corporate sponsored ships, almost certainly a thread winner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:22 PM (aDwsi)

254 USS Da' Bears

Posted by: for NCJ at August 17, 2013 12:22 PM (A+1FW)

255 Unfortunately, cool looks do not equate to combat effectiveness or combat survivability, two regards in which both forms of LCS are terribly deficient. See also: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Looks super cool. Doesn't get the job done. Isn't worth the money. Posted by: torquewrench I am not a Navy guy so I will open with an acknowledgement of ignorance in experience. I do wonder if going for control of the littoral area with a small manned ship is the most efficient option.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:23 PM (Z9EHQ)

256 USS I Wanna New CIC.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 12:23 PM (u6lBN)

257 Woops--should have been the old American common culture *is gone*. Apologies.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 12:23 PM (FHv6d)

258 The USS TARGET Posted by: bob ------ Of the corporate sponsored ships, almost certainly a thread winner. Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 04:22 PM (aDwsi) Would it be pronounced USS Tar-jay?

Posted by: Vendette at August 17, 2013 12:23 PM (8JbVT)

259 251 any living person for whom a Navy ship is named should immediately be put to death. Then cremated and the ashes shot out of the forward gun on the maiden voyage. Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 04:21 PM (A+1FW) And a new tradition is born.

Posted by: rickl at August 17, 2013 12:23 PM (sdi6R)

260 The USS TARGET

Posted by: bob
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I just envisioned the logo on the side...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:24 PM (aDwsi)

261 The blunt fact is that a USS Katy Perry would actually resonate more in certain sections than a USS Valley Forge.

Posted by: Random name at August 17, 2013 04:22 PM (FHv6d)

With the namesake painted on the bow, ala WW2 bombers? Hmm, you might be onto something there.

Posted by: KG at August 17, 2013 12:24 PM (IPz9m)

262 I'd enlist to serve on the USS Kate Upton.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:25 PM (A+1FW)

263 USS Ron Jeremy might have something of an effect if our enemy knows who he is and what he does.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 17, 2013 12:25 PM (Z9EHQ)

264 USS Extramarital Scamper

Posted by: Fritz at August 17, 2013 12:25 PM (K7xnX)

265 With the namesake painted on the bow, ala WW2 bombers? Hmm, you might be onto something there.
Posted by: KG
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Uh..., that evoked the USS Helen Thomas

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:25 PM (aDwsi)

266 Uh..., that evoked the USS Helen Thomas

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 04:25 PM (aDwsi)

That oughta be barrel-worthy, damnit!

Posted by: KG at August 17, 2013 12:26 PM (IPz9m)

267 That oughta be barrel-worthy, damnit!
Posted by: KG
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Consider the psychological impact on the enemy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:28 PM (aDwsi)

268 USS Tri-R. WeineR, FilneR, SpitzeR. (oh wait, that would need to be a submersible. heh.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 12:28 PM (u6lBN)

269 USS obama- the ship to nowhere

Posted by: Berserker at August 17, 2013 12:28 PM (FMbng)

270 USS Bo's Kennel

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at August 17, 2013 12:28 PM (TCWb5)

271
Consider the psychological impact on the enemy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 04:28 PM (aDwsi)

Yea, but how do you protect *our* guys? Too risky.

Posted by: KG at August 17, 2013 12:28 PM (IPz9m)

272 from all accounts, the LCS design is a complete POS and a total waste of money...

i guess that's why they are building more of them, instead of proven designs, eh?

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 17, 2013 12:29 PM (q+fqH)

273 @223 - and NASCAR on road courses is fun. Don't give a crap about the big superspeedways. Short-tracks are fine, and road courses are fun. There's a big out-of-their-element factor, like watching Princess vs Costa contest the America's Cup, or the Obama administration trying to do foreign policy.

Posted by: JEM at August 17, 2013 12:29 PM (o+SC1)

274

designed for operations in the "littoral" (shallow) zone.

First time through, I didn't read that as 'littoral'.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2013 12:29 PM (A+1FW)

275 Yea, but how do you protect *our* guys? Too risky.
Posted by: KG
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'Guys'? What 'guys'?
This is The New Navy

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:29 PM (aDwsi)

276 USS Pimp My Ride

Posted by: CDR M at August 17, 2013 12:30 PM (dKV5k)

277 USS Minnow.

Posted by: Mary Anne at August 17, 2013 12:30 PM (u6lBN)

278 Don't give a crap about the big superspeedways. Short-tracks are fine, and road courses are fun.

There's a big out-of-their-element factor, like watching Princess vs Costa contest the America's Cup, or the Obama administration trying to do foreign policy.
Posted by: JEM
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Ovals are indeed more akin to Obama..., driving in enlongated circles. "Turn left! Turn left!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:32 PM (aDwsi)

279 Well, the crew of whichever LCS first goes into combat better hope the CO (or area commander or whateva) got lucky when he rolled the dice and chose which mission module to fit out, because you can't just swap those fucking things out at sea.

OOD: "Captain, inbound hostile aircraft detected."

CO:"And I had to go and pick the mine warfare package. I guess I am just the fucking asshole here, ain't I?"

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 17, 2013 12:32 PM (Q9qpj)

280 LCS 18: USS "It Works Just Fine on the Power Point Presentation."

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 17, 2013 12:33 PM (Q9qpj)

281 More and more, the US armed forces are starting to resemble their predecessors of the 1920s and 1930s, where they slowly rotted from within due to peacetime laxity and bad engineering decisions. We forget how badly the early engagements off WWII went for the USA.

The country was able to survive WWII because it had a huge underutilized industrial base and could build its way out of trouble once the shooting began. And, technology of the era didn't allow aggressors to easily touch continental American soil (no long range aircraft or missiles). Neither of these situations obtain today.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2013 04:02 PM (gqT4g)

Bravo Sir. You summed it up very well and I agree 100%. We have, I am afraid, been hollowed out by the PC culture and technology. We could always deploy with iPads. Our only hope is the currently serving.

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at August 17, 2013 12:33 PM (aKhUT)

282 USS Beached Whale.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel at August 17, 2013 12:33 PM (u6lBN)

283 USS Deceased Thread

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at August 17, 2013 12:33 PM (TCWb5)

284 USS Pinch-Faced Scold

We'll nag you for inappropriate behavior before we throw down.

Posted by: Fritz at August 17, 2013 12:34 PM (K7xnX)

285
The ethanol fueled USS Ted Kennedy

and

If we have a USS Kate Upton, it will have to have an escort named USS Fapper.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 17, 2013 12:35 PM (0IhFx)

286 USS Give Me A Hug

Posted by: Ronster at August 17, 2013 12:35 PM (nnbZs)

287 Scene : The USS Stinky Thread
Captain: "Sound the well seaman."
Seaman: "Aye, sir."
Seaman: "Sir?"
Captain: "Yes?"
Seaman: "It seems we're sinking quickly."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:37 PM (aDwsi)

288 USS Ace's Endless Treatises On What's Finny And What's Not Funny

Posted by: soothsayer lightfoot at August 17, 2013 12:40 PM (eIT+6)

289 USS-AOSHQ. Already suggested?

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 12:41 PM (u6lBN)

290 USS Repeat Till Funny

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 12:41 PM (ZPrif)

291

USS VaJayJay

USS Beno Station

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 12:42 PM (edmTQ)

292 I served aboard the USS Stein, named (oddly enough) after a JarHead who received the MOH for Iwo Jima. Really have no problem with ships named after people.

When RWR got a carrier during his lifetime, though, I was very disappointed. Fall of communism aside, it just didn't seem right.

GHW Bush? Doesn't deserve one.

Gabby? Not only no, but F*** no!

Posted by: Captain Comic at August 17, 2013 12:43 PM (0XUTY)

293 USS-AOSHQ. Home port names?

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 12:43 PM (u6lBN)

294 USS-AOSHQ. Home port names?
-------------------

Ewok, Peruvia

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:44 PM (aDwsi)

295 In honor on Sarah Jessica Parker's commitment to our glorious leaders reelection, we have decided to name our newest CVN USS Horse Face.

Posted by: SECNAV Ray at August 17, 2013 12:45 PM (Aif/5)

296 @286 - "What's that?" "It's the USS Kate Upton" "450 feet long and they dug up an old Talos launcher for the A-position?" "Yeah. They don't send it to the Atlantic though. Plunges too much."

Posted by: JEM at August 17, 2013 12:45 PM (o+SC1)

297 USS Ampersand

Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at August 17, 2013 12:46 PM (Dwehj)

298 "Sharks (and bears and snakes) are as afraid of you as you are of them." "The Housing Market is showing signs of recovery!"

Posted by: soothsayer lightfoot at August 17, 2013 12:46 PM (eIT+6)

299 This "All Hands On Deck!" stuff is getting a bit tiring.

Posted by: Seaman Deck at August 17, 2013 12:47 PM (GgPam)

300 Back aboard the USS Stinky Thread:

Capt: "Abandon ship! She going down..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 12:50 PM (aDwsi)

301 I hear the Clittoral Ship will be named after me.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 17, 2013 12:51 PM (6S4Ai)

302

Capt: "Abandon ship! She going down..."

Corpseman...corpseman!

Posted by: King Clusterfuck at August 17, 2013 12:54 PM (el7k2)

303 over 300 comments. where's a new post ?

Posted by: seamrog at August 17, 2013 12:59 PM (erLNg)

304

302 I hear the Clittoral Ship will be named after me.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton

USS ClamDigger

Posted by: wheatie at August 17, 2013 01:00 PM (el7k2)

305 I'm late and didn't read comments like always. Someone musta done this one by now: USS BRING IT!

Posted by: L, elle at August 17, 2013 01:01 PM (0PiQ4)

306 USS Breitbart USS Brian Dennehy USS Nick Searcy USS The Hopper USS BUNK! USS Adam Baldwin USS Moron Horde USS Raptor Ravage

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 17, 2013 01:02 PM (YEB1C)

307

USS Washington Racist Nicknames.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 17, 2013 01:02 PM (1Y+hH)

308

USS Gender Identity Confusion.

Posted by: Meremortal at August 17, 2013 01:03 PM (1Y+hH)

309 USS Pull-Ups Are Haaaard

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 01:04 PM (ZPrif)

310 Pic over at WZ has Coptic Christians praying in one of the burned oit churches. They're holding a sign stating 'The papers being held up read, Â“My extremist brother, I came to pray for you.Â”' One of these religions are unlike the other one.

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 01:04 PM (uRqqf)

311 USS Flexed Arm Hang

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 01:05 PM (ZPrif)

312 Out

Posted by: RWC at August 17, 2013 01:05 PM (uRqqf)

313 The way we're headed-- USS (R)

Posted by: seamrog at August 17, 2013 01:05 PM (erLNg)

314 USS TRAYVON Oh, it's coming.

Posted by: L, elle at August 17, 2013 01:05 PM (0PiQ4)

315 USS Iowa-Hawk.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 01:07 PM (u6lBN)

316

These ship names remind me of the pleasant shock of visiting Dallas-Ft. Worth recently and seeing a huge sign on the highway reading:

Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway

Posted by: Meremortal at August 17, 2013 01:08 PM (1Y+hH)

317 I'm looking at the duty roster to see which cob-logger is on this shift, but the information has been redacted. Sequester ?

Posted by: seamrog at August 17, 2013 01:13 PM (erLNg)

318
302 I hear the Clittoral Ship will be named after me.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton

It'll be the first of the FUPA Class vessel.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 17, 2013 01:16 PM (0IhFx)

319 I can't believe no one has christened the USS Just The Tip

Posted by: fluffy at August 17, 2013 01:17 PM (z9HTb)

320 HMS You Guys!

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at August 17, 2013 01:17 PM (jucos)

321 USS Any Penetration

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 01:19 PM (edmTQ)

322 Kyle Larson impressive today. Get used to that name, he's got crazy talent and is gonna be a top Nascar driver for the next 20 years. Kid can seemingly drive anything on the planet with 4 wheels on any surface on any kind of track.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 17, 2013 01:19 PM (ZPrif)

323 Oh, come on. "Culture" ship names: http://nift.firedrake.org/The_Fleet.htm "Shit Happens" "You Did NOT Just Say That" "Nasty, Brutish, and Short" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "I Blame Your Mother" "I Said, I've Got a Big Stick" and, of course, "Helpless in the Face of Your Beauty"

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 17, 2013 01:22 PM (qyfb5)

324
USS The Barrel.

Known for its punishment detail.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 17, 2013 01:23 PM (gqT4g)

325 USS Mooch was taken?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 17, 2013 01:23 PM (n8LUb)

326 USS The Barrel. Isn't that the home port?

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 17, 2013 01:26 PM (u6lBN)

327 315. L'Elle But it would sink after one shot.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 17, 2013 01:27 PM (n8LUb)

328
And finally, USS Nood Up.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 17, 2013 01:27 PM (0IhFx)

329 I see my mojo is back.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 17, 2013 01:28 PM (qyfb5)

330 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 17, 2013 05:22 PM (qyfb5)

"You Only Live Once"

That would be an interesting ship name ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 17, 2013 01:30 PM (GoMJD)

331 USS Falcon Codes

Posted by: exhelodrvr at August 17, 2013 01:30 PM (edmTQ)

332 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith Did you bring the cookies? We were promised cookies on the dark side. i NEED the cookies!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 17, 2013 01:35 PM (YEB1C)

333 Frigates, such as the Stein, were named after USN & USMC heroes, recipients of the MOH or Navy Cross.

Shit can the Little Crappy Ship and start building updated OH Perry class FFGs.

Posted by: butch at August 17, 2013 01:37 PM (EV3Uf)

334 New Thread Ahoy!

All's ashore that's going ashore!

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 17, 2013 01:38 PM (GoMJD)

335 USS Mirandize USS Dialogue USS Investigator - Benghazi class USS Peace Feeler USS Magneto Wiper - Youtube video class USS Destroyer - Climate Change Denier class USS Enforcer - PC class USS Games of Spades, because Games of Chance is unfair

Posted by: Andy in FL at August 17, 2013 01:53 PM (nf/Xx)

336 "I like it much better than the name chosen for LCS-10."

Why can't the shit-eating PC fuckheads wait until someone is DEAD before naming something after them?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 17, 2013 01:56 PM (Cn4aq)

337 I don't know exactly how to take the idea of serving on a ship,, named for somebody whose only accomplishment was being a woman Congresscritter who got shot in the head by a crazy loon.

Posted by: KPMG at August 17, 2013 02:11 PM (e8kgV)

338 I don't know exactly how to take the idea of serving on a ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10), named for somebody whose only accomplishment was being a woman Congresscritter who got shot in the head by a crazy loon.

You'd think by this measure that there are still a long que of names left over from the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Grim Reaper at August 17, 2013 02:14 PM (e8kgV)

339 I just don't know. I love it that my shipmates from USS Indianapolis are being remembered, but the suspicious Sailor in me wouldn't want to be stationed on her.

Posted by: LCDR M(Ret) at August 17, 2013 02:37 PM (jZPj0)

340 I don't know if anybody has mentioned this yet (I scanned the comments quickly and may have missed it) but the picture with this post is wrong. The Detroit and the Indianapolis are both Freedom-class LCS. That picture is of an Independence class LCS. Very different vessels.

Posted by: TH at August 17, 2013 03:11 PM (s4eYP)

341 Shouldn't it really be called the "USS USS Indianapolis," since it is not named after a city, but a ship?

Posted by: Baldy at August 17, 2013 04:13 PM (tyDFN)

342 Tony Trihull

Posted by: Spamf Roming at August 17, 2013 06:39 PM (VUuj9)

343 <blockquote>268 That oughta be barrel-worthy, damnit!

Posted by: KG
--------------

Consider the psychological impact on the enemy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 17, 2013 04:28 PM (aDwsi)</blockquote>

Would only serve to romantically arouse our enemies. They do, after all, engage in sex with goats, sheep, camels, and one another.

For them, H.T. would likely be a welcome addition in the dromedary-harem.

Posted by: Jim at August 17, 2013 07:01 PM (t9TyK)

344 The LCS is a bad concept. An underarmed speedboat that breaks easily and does nothing well. And it costs as much a standard frigate. There shouldn't be 10 of them, never mind 17. In is defence, I'm sure it looked good on Powerpoint.

Posted by: El Gordo at August 17, 2013 08:09 PM (C3aZK)

345 Little ships, shallow water. My 1968-vintage Navy was a whole lot more robust. And dangerous as hell. The 1996-vintage Navy I retired from was not quite as robust, but still dangerous as hell. The Navy of ubama's dreams will be fodder for islamic goats. And dangerous for America only.

Posted by: EROWMER at August 17, 2013 08:47 PM (OONaw)

346 HMS Indefatigable

Posted by: The DRILL SGT at August 17, 2013 09:18 PM (EZZhT)

347 I like the idea of corporate sponsorship of ship names, mentioned upthread. USS Target has a certain ring to it.

Posted by: jbarntt at August 18, 2013 10:23 AM (UNFot)

348 ** We should do like the British do and just give them bad-ass names. ** This reminds me of the Aldis lamp exchange in Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" between USS Reuben James and HMS Battleaxe: Battleaxe: "What the hell is a Reuben James?" USS RJ: "At least we don't name warships after our mothers in law." 347 - give me back the sixties navy any day. Only with more guns. Lots and lots of guns. Four Phalanx for a cruiser, no less than six for a carrier. And reliable missiles. Thank you very much.

Posted by: perturbed at August 19, 2013 05:06 AM (u6Ueb)

349 "The LCS is a bad concept. An underarmed speedboat that breaks easily and does nothing well. And it costs as much a standard frigate. There shouldn't be 10 of them, never mind 17." I would sooner command a Victorian-era British cruiser in the littoral zone than one of these fucked-up pieces of shit. The Gatlings and Nordenfelts in the foretops would make mincemeat of terrorist speedboats, especially if you clamped an electric motor on them (something I am given to understand Dr Gatling himself got the chance to do before he left this world - 3000rpm cyclic, I hear).

Posted by: perturbed at August 19, 2013 05:09 AM (u6Ueb)

350 U.S.S. Resist We Much

Posted by: Spandex Tarpathian at August 19, 2013 07:12 AM (nkvKO)

351

I once read the submarine community recognizes only two classes of ships -- submarines and targets. These LCS novelties seem to be squarely in the latter category.

Posted by: Doggerel at August 20, 2013 09:21 AM (Xv7f/)

352

To get to the USS Barack Obama as fast as they can, I see them renaming an existing CVN.

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) would seem a likely candidate, given the fact that Vinson was a loud and proud segregationist racist Democrat. But the Vinson is already 32 years old and probably does not have enough life left in her to satisfy the cultists so it will probably have to be one of the newer CVN's.

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is a mere eighteen years old. Since it too was named for yet another loud and proud segregationist racist Democrat, the Johnny Reb seems a good candidate to get deep sixed and become the Community Organizer.

But one should never discount the sheer maliciousness of these people. That could put the USS Ronald Reagan, USS GHW Bush, the USS Gerald Ford or the USS Enterprise in play for renaming too. The USS John F. Kennedy II is certainly safe.

And to close the perfect Obamanian loop, they will do this in complete ignorance of the old sailor's superstition that a re-named ship is bad luck.

Posted by: Doggerel at August 20, 2013 09:44 AM (Xv7f/)

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