battleship

[William Palmer]

True enough, but unrelated to the sea services. The RN equivalent of USS is
HMS, and no naval station is known as USS anything.

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 the
> >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, and
> Camp Slayer in Iraq.
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