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skirich

10-19-19 09:54 PM

Hellcats of the Navy

Just watched this one.
Pretty good. A little soppy.

Question.
Why are some subs called Hellcats.?

mikesn9

10-20-19 05:54 AM

hellcats of the Pacific? Or 'of the Navy' ?

KaleunMarco

10-20-19 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skirich (Post 2633200)

Just watched this one.
Pretty good. A little soppy.

Question.
Why are some subs called Hellcats.?

hollywood. nobody in the USN calls them that.:Kaleun_Salute:

skirich

10-20-19 12:09 PM

Sorry yes, Hellcats of the Navy.

OK so its a made up term from hollywood. I suspected as much, since this was the very first time I heard these terms.

propbeanie

10-20-19 08:22 PM

Operation Barney. One hit from amongst many in a search engine yields

https://www.albertleatribune.com/201...ration-barney/

:salute:

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