Re: UN Fleet ship names

Not to disagree but Coast Guard Cutters are named based on a class but
not
normally named after "retired" Coasties.

IE:  210' Cutters: USCGC Reliance, USCGC Durable, USCGC Dependable,
USCGC
Valiant.  Etc.

We have have an Ice Breaker named after a rather seedy character that
has
had the PAO types up in arms for a bit.

Now after saying all this I agree completely with the mission and type
of
vessel.  The UN would want to put as many decks out there as possible so
would have smaller, cheaper ships designed to assist with trouble. 
Later as
a war developes they would increase their tonnage.

Bob Magic Makowsky
USCG

----- Original Message -----
From: Phillip Pournelle <emisle@earthlink.net>
To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 1:49 AM
Subject: UN Fleet ship names

> The vast majority of UN ships should be cutters.  Their primary jobs
being
> survey, Search & Rescue, treaty enforcement and Non-Combatant
Evacuation.
> They would have some warships but more cutters.  Coast Guard Cutters
are
> usually named after coast guardsmen who have lost their lives in
action.
> Perhaps name them after peacekeepers who died such as the colonel who
died
> in Lebenon.
>
>