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From: jm21%prism@gatech.edu (Jim Marks)
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Subject: Re: Naval vessel naming conventions
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Date: 8 Nov 89 04:41:05 GMT
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From: jm21%prism@gatech.edu (Jim Marks)

In article <11199@cbnews.ATT.COM> terryr@ogccse.ogc.edu (Terry Rooker) writes:
>
>                                                         Vinson was 
> the best freind of the navy, and the carrier was named for him because
> he was responsible for the continued existence of the supercarriers.
> Not incidentally, his constituency included the Norfolk naval complex
> and Newport News shipyards (guess where the carriers are built).  If
> that isn't a pork barrel I don't know what is.  
> 

Not unless Norfolk and Newport News were somehow moved to middle Georgia.
I don't want to nitpick, but Rep. Carl Vinson was congressman from Perry
(I believe), GEORGIA.  This isn't even near the coast, so I don't see
his support of carriers as pork barrel.

> Billy Mitchel was also important to the navy, but I don't see 
> any major vessels named after him.  

You might have a good point there, although the Navy might not willingly
recognize it :-)


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