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From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Naval vessel naming conventions
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Date: 17 Nov 89 06:56:54 GMT
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From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
In article <11272@cbnews.ATT.COM> nassio%cfassp12@harvard.harvard.edu (George Nassiopoulos) writes:
>P.S.  I hear that CVN-75 is supposed to be named ``United States''
>if it ever gets built -- can anyone confirm this?

	For anyone who's interested, "United States" has a history of
problems as a name for a ship.  The battle cruiser CC-6 (early 1900's,
I think) was supposed to be named United States, but was cancelled.
The same fate awaited CVA-58.  I haven't heard anything about CVN-75,
however.  We do have CV-66 (ex CVA-66), U.S.S. America.  The "United
States" might be confused with this ship, anyway.

	[mod.note:  CC-6 was to be the final ship of the Lexington class,
	ca. 1916.  Others were Lexington, Constellation, Saratoga, Ranger,
	and Constitution; CC-1 and -3 were completed as carriers, the
	rest abandoned because of the 1921 Washington Treaty - Bill ]

	Anyone know the names of CVN-71 to 74?  I'd like to add them
to my list.

	Personally, I really dislike the present naming scheme.  I'd
much prefer the one they used through WWII.

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