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To: jazusamo

It’s not unheard of for a ship to be renamed during construction. Happened many times during WW2 when a name became ‘available’ after a sinking. But after a ship has been christened? I’m not aware of an example.


77 posted on 05/18/2016 1:28:25 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

The Navy has renamed ships so that a name could be used on newer vessels.

For example renaming an old battleship so that the name could be applied to a new one. Illinois was renamed Prairie State so that Illinois could be used for planned new construction.


85 posted on 05/18/2016 1:54:58 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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