jrrt@ahuta.UUCP (r.mitchell) (04/09/85)
>there have been at least 7 ships in the US Navy with the name Enterprise, >not including the current one. CVA's are the only ships nowadays in >the US Navy that are allowed to have the names of other ships and >famous presidents, admirals, etc. how do i know? well, that's a whole >'nother question. >Herb Chong... Well, Herb, I'd like to ask how you know that. The ENTERPRISE is a CVN, not a CVA ("N" representing Nuclear-powered). Perhaps a nit. What about SSBNs (Ballistic Missile Submarines)? Whan I was aboard the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 640), I didn't see a single airplane. There are several dozen SSNs (Fast-attack Submarines) that carry the names of World War 2 subs that were sunk by enemy action. Lastly, I'm familiar with several destroyer/frigate classes whose names commemorate WW2 ships. Refering to the original article in this series, certainly the US Navy today does not use numbers in its ships` names (e.g. Enterprise II). This doesn't say squat about what Starfleet would do, of course, since there are numerous examples of differences between current Naval traditions/policies and the way Starfleet does things. Rob Mitchell (LT USNR) {allegra,ihnp4}!ahuta!jrrt
shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton) (04/20/85)
>>there have been at least 7 ships in the US Navy with the name Enterprise, >>not including the current one. CVA's are the only ships nowadays in >>the US Navy that are allowed to have the names of other ships and >>famous presidents, admirals, etc. how do i know? well, that's a whole >>'nother question. >>Herb Chong... > > Well, Herb, I'd like to ask how you know that. The ENTERPRISE is a CVN, > not a CVA ("N" representing Nuclear-powered)... > > Rob Mitchell (LT USNR) > {allegra,ihnp4}!ahuta!jrrt Well, Rob, I'd like to ask how you know that. The Enterprise is a CVAN, not a CVN ("C" stands for Carrier, "V" stands for fixed-wing, "A" stands for attack, "N" stands for nuclear). How can you, a LT USNR, pick on someone when you yourself don't know what the letters stand for. Shelby Thornton amdahl!rtech!shelby ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!shelby P.S. The Enterprise is based at the Alameda NAS about ten minutes from here. My father is USMC retired, so I've had access to her many times. She's a very impressive lady.
maurice@nmtvax.UUCP (04/28/85)
>> Well, Herb, I'd like to ask how you know that. The ENTERPRISE is a CVN, >> not a CVA ("N" representing Nuclear-powered)... >> The Enterprise is now classified by the Navy Department as CVN. Before 1975, it was classified as a CVAN. The change was made to reflect a multirole capabilities ship instead of the (A) attack classification. Some many years previous it to that, it was changed from CVA(N) to CVAN. Roger Levasseur unmvax!nmtvax!maurice