Who named the Subs ?

[DaMaGe007]

So who named the subs ?
was it the captain or the USN ?

[Crosseye76]

USN

[Torplexed]

Yup. And it was Admiral Hyman Rickover who ended the tradition of naming US subs after marine life with his famous but cynical statement that: "Fish don't vote." :roll:

[flyingdane]

John Wane. :lol:

[Tigrone]

"Fish don't vote."

And how many active Aircraft Carriers are named after Republican Presidents and Senate Chairman of the Armed Services Committee? I would like to see Lexington and Saratoga back with the fleet, not to mention Shangrila and the "Bonnie Dick."

[Shaffer4]

"Fish don't vote."

And how many active Aircraft Carriers are named after Republican Presidents and Senate Chariman of the Armed Services Committee? I would like to see Lexington and Saratoga back with the fleet, not to mention Shangrila and the "Bonnie Dick."

Midway.

[Tigrone]

After the S-boats they were named for sea creatures. Where possible the class group names began with the same letter--Porpoise, Salmon/Sargo, Tambor--but, they ran out of names; they built so many subs.

[Aimbot]

Dibs on the "trippletail."

And why the hell is the most prominant sub spanish for cat?

[Shaffer4]

Pez Gato? ; Cat Fish?

[Donner]

And why the hell is the most prominant sub spanish for cat?

As you know US submarines were named after fish. The Gato is a small nurse shark, known as tiburón gato (catshark) in Spanish. :ping:

[flintlock]

The Gato is a small nurse shark

A mug only a mother could love.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t287/idachs/subsim/fish.jpg

[Spadefish]

"Fish don't vote."

And how many active Aircraft Carriers are named after Republican Presidents and Senate Chairman of the Armed Services Committee? I would like to see Lexington and Saratoga back with the fleet, not to mention Shangrila and the "Bonnie Dick."

"Bonnie Dick" is back. USS Bon Homme Richard (LHD-6).