Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Date: 18 Apr 1996 16:00:29 GMT Subject: Re: Next British Carrier (Was Re: Exocet v Type 42 in the Falklands) From: Hank Ingram <102701.1361@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: sci.military.naval Paul Jonathan Adam wrote: >I think the RN like to keep the names of the past alive: as a taxpayer >I'd be far happier with HMS Warspite than HMS Michael Heseltine. Tradition >matters a great deal. The USN really should think again and find a carrier it >can call Lexington, for instance, and I have to admit a US warship called >Bon Homme Richard would be... interesting to have make a visit to >Portsmouth :) No recycling names. It's confusing as hell. I hate reading something about a ship and trying to figure out which version of the ship is being referenced. I like descriptive names like USS Sux2bu and USS Bomburbuttbacktothestoneage.