Quote:
|
Originally Posted by JSLTIGER
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Hay that’s an idea USS United States! That name got wasted so it would be nice to use it.
|
Twice: In 1958, the USS United States CV-58, the original supercarrier, was cancelled after her keel had been laid by Harry Truman. In the mid-1990s, CVN-75 was originally supposed to be named USS United States, but was later renamed USS Harry S. Truman.
The problem with this name lies in the implications if the ship is ever sunk. Headlines around the world would read: UNITED STATES SUNK! |
Their was ANOTHER that go wasted a Lexington class Battle Cruiser CC-6.
BUT there was another USS United States that got built:
Quote:
|
The first United States was a sailing frigate that saw action during the War of 1812 and was later captured and commissioned by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, thus becoming the "Confederate States' Ship United States."
|