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From: spencert@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Thomas Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Early US BB names
Keywords: Kearsarge
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Date: 14 Nov 89 03:57:12 GMT
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From: spencert@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Thomas Spencer)
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>Kearsarge is an old "classic" name in US warship history.  Previous to
>BB-5, an 1862 vessel had carried the name, and in 1944, it was given to
>an Essex-class carrier.  
>
>So what in the blazes is a Kearsarge ?  Person, place, or thing ?  And 
>why its significance ? This is the only name ever given a battleship other 
>than a state name.
>


There's a mountain in New Hampshire called Mt. Kearsarge.  It's not a
very impressive moutian, so I don't know why anyone would name a ship 
after it.  (Maybe both it and the ships were named after something 
else.)


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