battleship

[Jonathan Lighter]

Once again today CNN is referring to large warships (destroyers) as
"battleships."

JL

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:59 PM, William Palmer <palmerwil at gmail.com> wrote:

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> True enough, but unrelated to the sea services. The RN equivalent of USS is
> HMS, and no naval station is known as USS anything.
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> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Dave Wilton <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
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> > >It seems to me that the Royal Navy give names to their bases, too. As I
> > >recall from way long ago, the RN base in Bahrain was known as "HMS (her
> > >majesty's station, I think) Terror".  Enjoyed many a Double Diamond at
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> > >Crypt Club there, in the company of our allies.
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> > The US military does this as well. We have Camp Victory, Camp Striker,
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> > Camp Slayer in Iraq.
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