To: artichokegrower
Littoral Combat Ships Who the hell ever came up with that name in the first place? Some bureaucrat?
4 posted on
01/15/2015 3:47:26 PM PST by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
Littoral = brown water Navy
8 posted on
01/15/2015 3:53:21 PM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: smokingfrog
Littoral... doesn’t that basically mean they stay close to the coast??
11 posted on
01/15/2015 3:57:23 PM PST by
GeronL
To: smokingfrog
He was a product of the public school system. He couldn’t spell Literal.
15 posted on
01/15/2015 4:08:38 PM PST by
Tucker39
(Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
To: smokingfrog
Littoral Combat Ships?
Was not so bad til they realized they were C class ships
C Littoral combat ships
32 posted on
01/15/2015 4:54:39 PM PST by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: smokingfrog
The littoral region is the coastal, close in area, sometimes including small bays and river deltas.
It’s been a term in use for decades. It’s not a bureaucratic term, it’s actual a tactical term in naval warfare.
36 posted on
01/15/2015 5:43:01 PM PST by
BlueNgold
(Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
To: smokingfrog
It was either that or agina class...
48 posted on
01/16/2015 3:59:30 AM PST by
Rodamala
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