Re: [GZG] [OT] Ship Names

[Daniel Casquilho <danielc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:28:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Michael Robert Blair <pellinoire@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [GZG] [OT] Ship Names
>To: gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>  Way off topic but possibly amusing.
> 
> My father was reminiscing about the ships he had served on when one in particular was mentioned - the Sulaco!
> 
> Not the one in Aliens but an old banana boat.
> http://iancoombe.tripod.com/id14.html
> 
> I imagine any navy types get a similar sensation of 'What!' whenever their ship is mentioned in SF, whether it is Star Trek or anything else.
>   
>  Michael
>  

It is funny. I can imagine, like you, that real navy types must feel some kind of "What?" when they hear the names in SciFi.

Thanks for sharing.

dafrca
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