Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!olivea!oliveb!veritas!amdcad!amdcad!military From: norton@manta.nosc.mil (Scott Norton) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: US Navy Question Message-ID: <1991Apr12.055715.15232@amd.com> Date: 11 Apr 91 17:38:20 GMT References: <1991Apr11.033336.4020@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command Lines: 16 Approved: military@amd.com From: norton@manta.nosc.mil (Scott Norton) LLS-1 = "Land-Locked Ship - 1". It just a local in-joke. I'm not surprised that someone from a Commonwealth country would be confused. I know that the (British) Royal Navy names their naval stations like their ships. Once, as a LtJG on the USS Harry E Yarnell, I was told to watch for honors from HMS Dolphin as the ship pulled into Portsmouth. I thought I was looking for a ship, but I fortunately saw the sign that said "Her Majesty's Station Dolphin." It had an anchor ball on the yardarm. LT Scott A. Norton, USN