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From: ptm@jake.tmc.edu (Peter T. Murphy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Navy Question
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Date: 11 Apr 91 13:06:56 GMT
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From: ptm@jake.tmc.edu (Peter T. Murphy)


>LLS-1 U.S.S. DESERT SHIP LLS-1
>My question, is this the way the Navy refers to it's land bases? Can someone 
>explain the designation please?

   This is the sort of name that the Navy gives to stationary platforms,
Like the USS Neversail (a traning "ship" in a field).  There are others
that I've heard of, but they escape me at the moment.