SH3 Commander was wrong!

Sailor Steve · 10-25-06, 05:48 PM

I first noticed this way back when I sank a small British tanker and it named it SS President Jefferson, which was an actual US C-3, which was a dedicated type, not just any large cargo ship.

Unfortunately the work required to give all ships the proper names would be a lot. Some of us are still trying, though.

P_Funk · 10-25-06, 11:49 PM

So when the British took control of those obsolete destroyers did they rename them or just swap the old USS for an HMS?

EDIT. Nevermind, I answered my own question accidentally while looking up the COmmando raid of St. Nazaire in 42:
"The destroyer was HMS Campbeltown, an obsolete craft. She was previously the Buchanan of the US Navy, transferred to Britain early in the war as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement."

10-25-06, 05:48 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I first noticed this way back when I sank a small British tanker and it named it SS President Jefferson, which was an actual US C-3, which was a dedicated type, not just any large cargo ship. Unfortunately the work required to give all ships the proper names would be a lot. Some of us are still trying, though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-25-06, 11:49 PM	#2
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	So when the British took control of those obsolete destroyers did they rename them or just swap the old USS for an HMS? EDIT. Nevermind, I answered my own question accidentally while looking up the COmmando raid of St. Nazaire in 42: "The destroyer was HMS Campbeltown, an obsolete craft. She was previously the Buchanan of the US Navy, transferred to Britain early in the war as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement." __________________ Last edited by P_Funk; 10-26-06 at 12:07 AM.

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