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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/23/2014 4:48:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Was that her in the too tight uniform with her breastesses popping out? She could be a very succesful waitress if the Dive Officer thing doesn't work out..


It's too bad, but I think she will be successful as a Dive Officer. Can you imagine any seaman resisting her when she orders them to "go down"?


By all accounts she was very good at her job.

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Name that carrier! - 2/23/2014 11:40:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		The management wishes to announce a contest to name the new Essex class arriving in Panama in 3d. Her working name is "Yorktown II" but this is stupid because Yorktown is somehow still afloat.

The winner will receive a buy 1 get 1 coupon for the very popular Caliofornia roll at Milo's Brestaurant and Sushi Bar in Karenko, Formosa (transportation not provided).

Rules:

--You cannot enter if you are an emoployee of M&M Enterprises or its subsidiaries.

--Racist or sexist names are not permitted in keeping with the high-brow nature of the AAR...oh..never mind.

--Homophobic names are permitted if they are funny (like "USS Queerbarge") because homphobia hasn't been discovered yet in 1943.

--No Japanese names either. Too confusing.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 1:24:12 AM   
uncivil_servant


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Status: offline 		Working names: CV 00 - Aladdin or Magic-Carpet (as victory rides back are going to be earlier than '45)
CV 00 Terpedoo
CV 00 Lister
CV 00 Coral Reef (crystal balling the future) - other sinking/to-be-sunk attempts: Deep-Explorer, Fathom, Titantic
or.. famous american women.. to encourage the ship to not go down..or the japs to shoot it
Sybil "Luddington"
Martha "Washington"
Virginia Gulloit
Marlene Dietrich
"Cynthia" for clandestine officer Mary Thorpe
Greta "Garbo"

my attempt at humor names...
USS Minnow
USS "AL" i.e. Old Aluminium {AL}-Sides
USS Paradise (one way ticket)
USS Kissimmee as a nice sounding name.. USS Bronx for a don't mess with me name, or "Hopeulikit", GA
USS Magnet



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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 1:40:34 AM   
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In addition to the advantages of being difficult for your opponents to pronounce there are the following reasons –
Sounds like it could be the site of a revolutionary war battle, for some reason the area around Worcester seems about right…
Confused Naval Aviator/Ship Communication potential - “Foxtrot Uniform, you are cleared to land on the Perineum”.
‘Catching the third wire’, ‘Closed for landings’, ’turning into the wind’, and ‘recovery operations’ could all be assigned new meaning by low brow or juvenile readers.
A wave off is even more shameful and will be forever after mentioned at any opportunity in a bar.
Welcome aboard speech possibilities “Welcome to the USS Perineum men, it’s not the best place to serve, nor is it the worst, but its close.”
Bonus to Damage control codes, “Engines Reports Level 4 Damage, that last hit just about tore us a new one…”
Mascot opportunity jokes are nearly endless, as are the potential for Brazilian camouflage schemes, topside/bottom side, and soot blow jokes.
Might start a trend where the Nimitz class could be named for body parts instead of ’people of import’


< Message edited by Argos -- 2/24/2014 4:48:54 PM >

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 2:12:02 AM   
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quote:

I-58 Launches 6 Torpedoes at CV Exploded


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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 10:04:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

Working names: CV 00 - Aladdin or Magic-Carpet (as victory rides back are going to be earlier than '45)
CV 00 Terpedoo
CV 00 Lister
CV 00 Coral Reef (crystal balling the future) - other sinking/to-be-sunk attempts: Deep-Explorer, Fathom, Titantic
or.. famous american women.. to encourage the ship to not go down..or the japs to shoot it
Sybil "Luddington"
Martha "Washington"
Virginia Gulloit
Marlene Dietrich
"Cynthia" for clandestine officer Mary Thorpe
Greta "Garbo"

my attempt at humor names...
USS Minnow
USS "AL" i.e. Old Aluminium {AL}-Sides
USS Paradise (one way ticket)
USS Kissimmee as a nice sounding name.. USS Bronx for a don't mess with me name, or "Hopeulikit", GA
USS Magnet



Am I the only one who knows where Kissimmee is without looking it up?

How about the USS Sanford? The port in Florida, not the Junk Dealers.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 11:34:40 AM   
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CV Artificial Reef
CV Divers Paradise
CV Deep Folly
CV Barnacles Buddy

< Message edited by Grollub -- 2/24/2014 12:35:14 PM >

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 11:37:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		In an effort to duly focus attention on the range / 'stamina' of the fast carrier group and promote a certain manliness without actually promising any pertinent results, I suggest USS ExtenZe.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 11:48:30 AM   
Grollub


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Status: offline 		... or why not name her in honor of a most prominent general (in these AARs at least).

CV Flatulence.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 11:49:42 AM   
Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Argos
by low brow or juvenile readers.


Thank goodness there's none of those around here!

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 12:06:38 PM   
uncivil_servant


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Status: offline 		as a final submittal.. The USS Wil-E Coyote

Verily his plans shall go awry and come to naught.

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It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 12:35:51 PM   
Grollub


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Status: offline 		Like that one

... I guess the Acme corporation would be the prime contractor for that ship?

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 4:38:29 PM   
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 4:41:22 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Nimitiz' "Grey Book" (wartime diary) online.


Not sure why it took 72 years. Either they:

1) Had to wait till everyone mentioned was deceased so the ICC doesn't charge anyone for shooting down Yamamoto's prane.

-or-

2) They didn't want the Japanese to find out the deslinator at Midway was busted.


http://usnwc.edu/Academics/Library/Naval-Historical-Collection.aspx#items/show/849

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 4:42:59 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: sprior

USS Baffins Bridge. Which sounds like a battle somewhere but isn't.



Hmmm....that's a bit too close to USS Perineum, isn't it?

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 4:48:40 PM   
sprior


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: sprior

USS Baffins Bridge. Which sounds like a battle somewhere but isn't.



Hmmm....that's a bit too close to USS Perineum, isn't it?



But not as obvious.


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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 4:55:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		"Perineum"...good one but it sounds like a Greek god so it would be a good name for the replacement for Hermes, which hasn't sunk yet either (I think).

"Martha Washington" ...does the USN names ships after women? I don' think so.

"Artifical Reef" (and the like).....hard on morale.

"Wil-E-coyote"...two pluses..1) easily recognized by largely illiterate crowd....2) funny to hear Japan-mens try to prounuce it.

"Baffins Bridge"........that is just ******* hilarious. It really does sound like a Revolutionary War battle. Martha Washington might have even been familiar with it and George certainly would have been. This is the leading contender. The question is, the person who submitted it, is he affiliated with M&M Enterprises?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 4:58:13 PM   
witpqs


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Nimitiz' "Grey Book" (wartime diary) online.


Not sure why it took 72 years. Either they:

1) Had to wait till everyone mentioned was deceased so the ICC doesn't charge anyone for shooting down Yamamoto's prane.

-or-

2) They didn't want the Japanese to find out the deslinator at Midway was busted.


http://usnwc.edu/Academics/Library/Naval-Historical-Collection.aspx#items/show/849

3 hours to go for the first volume out of 8. I think we've overloaded their server!

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 5:00:41 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Nimitiz' "Grey Book" (wartime diary) online.


Not sure why it took 72 years. Either they:

1) Had to wait till everyone mentioned was deceased so the ICC doesn't charge anyone for shooting down Yamamoto's prane.

-or-

2) They didn't want the Japanese to find out the deslinator at Midway was busted.


http://usnwc.edu/Academics/Library/Naval-Historical-Collection.aspx#items/show/849

3 hours to go for the first volume out of 8. I think we've overloaded their server!


Yeah, no kidding. All I got was "about blank". It's probably the same contractor as Healthcare.gov.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 5:03:30 PM   
sprior


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The question is, the person who submitted it, is he affiliated with M&M Enterprises?


Good God, no.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 5:25:08 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Perineum"...good one but it sounds like a Greek god so it would be a good name for the replacement for Hermes, which hasn't sunk yet either (I think).

"Martha Washington" ...does the USN names ships after women? I don' think so.

"Artifical Reef" (and the like).....hard on morale.

"Wil-E-coyote"...two pluses..1) easily recognized by largely illiterate crowd....2) funny to hear Japan-mens try to prounuce it.

"Baffins Bridge"........that is just ******* hilarious. It really does sound like a Revolutionary War battle. Martha Washington might have even been familiar with it and George certainly would have been. This is the leading contender. The question is, the person who submitted it, is he affiliated with M&M Enterprises?

According to the urban dictionary it is spelled Biffens bridge.

The things you learn on this site.

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RE: Name that carrier! - 2/24/2014 6:05:17 PM   
sprior


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ORIGINAL: Disco Duck
According to the urban dictionary it is spelled Biffens bridge.

The thinks you learn on this site.


See, that's what happens when you don't have a fourth rotor.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:07:03 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Adm. King: I really like the Revolutionary War battle notion, given the significance of today....now where is that suggestion from the British Naval Attache?

Aide: <looks at notes> Hmmm...Baffins Bridge, sir. It's apparently part of the Saratoga campaign. A probing attack or some such thing.

Adm. King: How did we do at Baffins Bridge?

Aide: I'd say we had our way with them. Had to be.

Adm. King: I love it! Let's go with that. Now, what do you have for me on the Western Aleutians? How come they seem to be moving East?

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:11:34 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ADMIRAL LORD SPRIOR
VICEROY OF CEYLON
DEMI-KING OF BURMA
KANDY HOUSE, CEYLON


WE CONFRIM PROPER SPELLING "BAFFINS" BASED ON 4TH ROTOR STOP SUGGEST WE PROCEED AS SUCH END



FLEET ADMIRAL MANDRAKE

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:17:02 PM   
Argos

 

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Status: offline 		Try and class up the joint with an actual medical term and end up being trumped with misspelled slang... sigh

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/b.htm baffies is apparently Scottish for slippers...

Is there a futures market on the Brazilian camo schem/bleaching jokes yet?

http://www.hmscarysfort.co.uk/MessageBoard/Naval%20Expressions.htm uses the Biffins spelling as well


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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:19:08 PM   
sprior


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Status: offline 		You see that's "baffies", which isn't the same as "Baffins", which is an area on the east side of Portsea Island. Really.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:23:38 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:29:16 PM   
Argos

 

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The HMS Carysfort site was a good 20 minute cultural experience.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:30:47 PM   
sprior


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Status: offline 		No, it just means on the east side of Portsea Island.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!" - 2/24/2014 6:44:38 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Argos

Wait, does 'east side of Portsea Island' mean something else as well?


Yes, that is my concern. You never know when you will get some tittering. A good example is "Free Willy".
It's like some secret society with 50 million people in it.


Wait until USS Baffins Bridge makes a port call at a Royal Navy port.

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