battleship

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> USS Kearsarge

Up until the early '60's, this was the name of an aircraft carrier. My
brother served aboard it, back in the day. Carriers used to be named
after battles, no matter how historically obscure. Back in the '50's,
I had a colleague who'd served aboard the carrier, USS Oriskany.

KEER-sarge  a-RISS-k'ny

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