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This article says that the sixth Virginia class submarine, SSN-779, will be named USS New Mexico. See my earlier post discussing my feelings on the naming of submarines. This one, I figure, makes as much sense as any other name.
posted by Bubblehead at 7:40 PM
I'm Joel Kennedy -- a married, 50-something year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life. Politically, I'm a Radical Moderate. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me. Don't call me at home.)
4 Comments:
they lost me when they started nameing 637s away from fish. the russel comes to mind. this tradition of naming fast attacks after fish, and boomers after famous people made a lot of sense, especially when they used president's names. i suppose they had to change when the ran out of presidents, but i know they didn't use them all.
political capital is good to have, and i suppose the navy would be remiss in not gathering as much as they could, but it sure makes it hard to talk about the ustafish to a modern submariner. they don't even understand the term.
11/16/2004 8:13 PM
The last few years I was in, boat sailors would talk about "Usta City" for attack boats, and "Usta State" for boomers. With the Parche gone now, that leaves only Seawolf with a "traditional" submarine name.
11/16/2004 8:58 PM
I left the Drum (SSN 677) in 1980 and went to new construction on the Michigan. Hated it and worked for a year to get off of it. The crew had not split yet and the boomer mentality was not mine. I cross-decked over to the La Jolla (SSN 701). I did not like the naming of submarines after cities and states but got used to layout and the construction. As an aganger, I liked the room, the ability to get repair parts and most of all, the newness of the boat. The boat had lots of speed but the long after-deck caused it to be sucked up to the surface if it caught a trough.
1/24/2005 2:19 PM
I'm thinking I'm gonna need to paint a nice, big, red and white target on my chest the more I hang around here.
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