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Post subject: Question #08 [Correct answer by EvilKobra]
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| The United States Navy names its destroyers and the occasional aircraft carrier or submarine after important historical personages. Most of these ships are named after a single person but a few are named after more than one (the USS Lewis and Clark, for instance). Name four United States Navy ships named after more than one person from the WWII era (though only one of these ship fought in WWII). |
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All sources seem to suggest the only case of this happening during the WWII period was USS The Sullivans (DD537)...
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:08 pm |
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Wait, which of these do you mean?
Ships from the WWII era named after more than one person
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Ships (from any era) named after more than one person from the WWII era
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:14 pm |
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| EvilKobra wrote: | Wait, which of these do you mean?
Ships from the WWII era named after more than one person
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Ships (from any era) named after more than one person from the WWII era |
The second
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:16 pm |
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| The ships can be from any era, but the people they are named for are all from the WWII era. |
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:16 pm |
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Do I get partial credit for naming three of them? 
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:19 pm |
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Found the fourth:
USS The Sullivans (DD537)
USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
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| Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:34 pm |
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| EvilKobra wrote: | Found the fourth:
USS The Sullivans (DD537)
USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
USS Kauffman (FFG-59) |
We have a winner!
Actually, that fourth one wasn't the one I had in mind (I was thinking of USS John McCain, named for John S. McCain Sr. and John S. McCain Jr.) but Kauffamn was indeed named for two people, so she is a correct answer. |
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| Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:02 am |
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E.K another 5 pts and you're now well ahead in the olympics.
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| Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:15 am |
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I have to make up for not playing AAM...
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