Comments on: CVN-21 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dante Amore http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-36396 Dante Amore Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:39:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-36396 Well, I guess it's a moot point now. Well, I guess it’s a moot point now.

]]> By: V5 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-35108 V5 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:22:46 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-35108 While America, Ranger, Hornet, Midway, Coral Sea, and the rest are all great names, I especially like the name Challenger and alternately Columbia. What better way to honor those two noble crafts, and the brave men and women who flew them, than to name the newest and most modern ships that we have after them. But I'm just a former Army soldier, so what do I know? While America, Ranger, Hornet, Midway, Coral Sea, and the rest are all great names, I especially like the name Challenger and alternately Columbia.

What better way to honor those two noble crafts, and the brave men and women who flew them, than to name the newest and most modern ships that we have after them.

But I’m just a former Army soldier, so what do I know?

]]> By: Sim http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-34836 Sim Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:14:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-34836 Ahh but JTG, the Brits name things so well.. All we get for destroyers etc is places... the beige of ship names. AWDs being HMAS Vendetta, Vampire and Voyager would have suited me fine. Perhaps some baggage with Voyager. Hobart class... Hmmph. Ahh but JTG, the Brits name things so well..

All we get for destroyers etc is places… the beige of ship names.

AWDs being HMAS Vendetta, Vampire and Voyager would have suited me fine. Perhaps some baggage with Voyager.

Hobart class… Hmmph.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-34791 Justthisguy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:06:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-34791 No, seriously, there was nothing wrong with the old system. Tweak it a bit, to account for which kinda ships are capital, and which aren't, these days, sure. Just don't have it all silly, as it's gotten lately. Yeah, "Crusader" would be a gesture I could go along with, but "America", "Independence", "Hornet", and suchlike *defiant and bellegerent* names are appropriate for warships. "Thomas Paine" would be good, too, but I'd rather have "Franklin"; he being a reasonable kind of guy who nonetheless knew when it was time to take the gloves off and kick ass. (How's that for a mixed metaphor?) The best ever name ever picked for any warship ever in any navy is, of course, "Warspite." No, seriously, there was nothing wrong with the old system. Tweak it a bit, to account for which kinda ships are capital, and which aren’t, these days, sure. Just don’t have it all silly, as it’s gotten lately. Yeah, “Crusader” would be a gesture I could go along with, but “America”, “Independence”, “Hornet”, and suchlike *defiant and bellegerent* names are appropriate for warships.

“Thomas Paine” would be good, too, but I’d rather have “Franklin”; he being a reasonable kind of guy who nonetheless knew when it was time to take the gloves off and kick ass. (How’s that for a mixed metaphor?)

The best ever name ever picked for any warship ever in any navy is, of course, “Warspite.”

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-34787 Justthisguy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:44:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-34787 Yup, I contributed to the previous one, too. "USS Lucy VanPelt" would be a good one, really. Or "Wasp", or "Alligator", or "Wolverine", or "Catamount", or maybe even "USS Curtis LeMay"! [ducks, runs, jinking and dodging...] Yup, I contributed to the previous one, too. “USS Lucy VanPelt” would be a good one, really. Or “Wasp”, or “Alligator”, or “Wolverine”, or “Catamount”, or maybe even “USS Curtis LeMay”!

[ducks, runs, jinking and dodging...]

]]> By: Marvin http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/comment-page-1/#comment-34752 Marvin Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:06:19 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/12/18/cvn-21/#comment-34752 USS Langley - A new Class of Carrier for a New Century. or USS Crusader - The Leader of the Crusader Class of Carriers. (Some harbors might not want her for a port visit.)!;-}) USS Langley – A new Class of Carrier for a New Century.

or

USS Crusader – The Leader of the Crusader Class of Carriers. (Some harbors might not want her for a port visit.)!;-})

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