Changing the submarine's name to USS-some name

Highbury · 06-18-09, 10:06 PM

I think Squalus is a different sort of thing altogether. When USS Squalus sunk, she was decommissioned. All ships are when lost and struck from the Naval Register. When she was raised she was re-named USS Sailfish, then re-commissioned. The name was not changed while under commission.

As an ex-sailor who believes that Jonahs and curses do exist, I would have felt better about that ship being re-commissioned under a new name, as opposed to the old one, if I were going to serve on her.

Torpedoing a ship that had countrymen aboard was a misfortune that affected many boats that only sailed under one name, for Sailfish it was just bad luck IMO.

06-18-09, 10:06 PM	#17
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I think Squalus is a different sort of thing altogether. When USS Squalus sunk, she was decommissioned. All ships are when lost and struck from the Naval Register. When she was raised she was re-named USS Sailfish, then re-commissioned. The name was not changed while under commission. As an ex-sailor who believes that Jonahs and curses do exist, I would have felt better about that ship being re-commissioned under a new name, as opposed to the old one, if I were going to serve on her. Torpedoing a ship that had countrymen aboard was a misfortune that affected many boats that only sailed under one name, for Sailfish it was just bad luck IMO.