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Captain Hilts
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Mon Dec-01-08 02:41 PM Original message |
Navy Vets: Let's get a list going of Nicknames of vessels. |
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tinymontgomery
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Mon Dec-01-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. USS Pensacola |
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Captain Hilts
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Mon Dec-01-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Never heard that one. What's the origin? |
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tinymontgomery
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hull #38, LSD type |
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Captain Hilts
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I remember those at Little Creek Amphib Base...Thanks! |
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lepus
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Wed Jan-20-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. USS Gato SSN615 |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Feb-10-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I've got a nice, shiney GATO 615 plaque on my wall. I should have gotten that one! |
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lepus
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Thu Nov-25-10 01:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
72. 5 years and a lot of underways. NT |
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jetphixer
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ships nick names |
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Captain Hilts
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. LOVE "The Other Bug". Never heard that one! |
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tango-tee
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Sat Feb-13-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Yes! The Forest Fire. |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Feb-17-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. A friend of mine was flying off FORESTAL at the time of the fire. |
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Speck Tater
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Old Ironsides" USS Constitution. (1797 to present) nt |
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sarge43
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Big E - USS Enterprise n/t |
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shinyhead
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Tue Aug-09-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
74. Heh, we called it the Big Pig - NT |
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Arctic Dave
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Mon Dec-01-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. USS Merrill: USS ME_ _ ill |
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TellTheTruth82
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Tue Dec-02-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. USS Peleliu and Tarawa |
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Independent_Thinker
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Sun Dec-14-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Tarawa was Decomissioned |
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Jack Bone
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Fri Feb-06-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. ahhh...Building 5 |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Dec-02-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, yeah a whole 'nother genre of knicknames: Building... |
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tinymontgomery
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Tue Dec-02-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Mount Witney |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Dec-02-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I remember it tied to the pier in Norfolk with moss growing on the North side. nt |
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Feb-06-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Norfolk? I always thought it was a neat looking ship. What's the West Coast one? |
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tinymontgomery
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Mon Feb-16-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Late reply |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Feb-17-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I did not know that about the gold anchor. Thanks! |
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Thothmes
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Tue Aug-04-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Aka Mount Witless |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Aug-20-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Oh, that one's good! A natural! |
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WannaJumpMyScooter
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Mon Dec-29-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Belleau Wood LHA-3 |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Jan-14-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I know the CONSTELLATION as the CONSTERNATION. nt |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Tue Mar-02-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. I was onboard the Connie in '88 for a big fire... To me she's the USS Conflagration! n/t |
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TellTheTruth82
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Tue Jan-06-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Juneau and Prairie |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Jan-14-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Wasn't VULCAN the first "LOVE BOAT"? |
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NavyDavy
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Thu Jan-22-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. USS Orion AS-18 I know there is one but I don't remember, |
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Jack Bone
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Fri Feb-06-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. I was on The USS New Jersey |
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Glassunion
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Thu Oct-28-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
70. I spoke recently with a sailor that was on the USS New Jersey |
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bluescribbler
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. USS James C. Owens, (DD776) and USS Mahan, (DLG11) |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Feb-17-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. Harry Yarnell. "Happy Harry." nt |
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Thothmes
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Tue Aug-04-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. aka the Harry Urinal |
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Aug-07-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Oh I'd NOT heard that one - great stuff! |
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jonnyblitz
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Sat Feb-28-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. two i was on : USS Missouri was "Mighty Mo" and the USS |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Mar-03-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I remember when they painted LA SALLE! It was at Little Creek, I think. Yes! |
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Thothmes
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Tue Aug-04-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. aka Moby Dick |
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eirteacher
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Mon Mar-09-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Tin Can Sailor |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun May-03-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. USS Simon Lake - The Slimely Snake. nt |
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MGB67
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Mon May-18-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. There were many of the old Essex class carriers on Yankee Station |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed May-20-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Scout response #5. 'Queerbarge' was also called that during Korea. |
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bsd13
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Mon May-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. USS Cowpens (CG-63) |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed May-20-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I had not heard that one in a while. COWPENs is at fleet week NYC this week, I believe. nt |
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Jul-31-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. Tecumseh - Tea Cup. nt |
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Thothmes
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Tue Aug-04-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
36. Here are a few |
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Tue Aug-18-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
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Thothmes
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Tue Aug-04-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here is another one |
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Thothmes
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Sun Aug-09-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Another |
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Stinky The Clown
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Tue Aug-18-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. ARL 18 USS Pandemus |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Aug-20-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. It MUST have been called 'pandemic' at some point. You could see the frame twisting inside the hold |
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UTUSN
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Sun Aug-23-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. USS Luzerne County (LST 902) = "benjo maru" Japanese for "shit ship" |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Aug-23-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Oh, man. I heard you could see the hull twisting while at sea inside the tank deck of those... |
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UTUSN
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Sun Aug-23-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. That RUST on MY bucket was NEVER there when *I* was a Deck Ape!1 n/t |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Aug-23-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. What's with the one ship being painted OD? Did the Army have LSTs too? nt |
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Greg2
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Tue Oct-11-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #47 |
75. Luzerne County 902 |
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The River
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Tue Nov-03-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. USS Hancock CVA-19 |
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Jeramy
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Tue Nov-10-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. Heres a couple from the mordern navy |
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Captain Hilts
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Sat Nov-14-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I'd forgotten 'Mobile Chernobyl'!!! The 'joke' in Norfolk was that if you |
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igfoth
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Thu Feb-18-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Lewis & Clark |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. LOVE it! |
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igfoth
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Thu Feb-18-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. More Nicknames |
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Hello_Kitty
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Sat Feb-27-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. My favorite was always Puget Sound: Pubic Mound. eom |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Feb-28-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. NEVER heard THAT one!!! Terrific, Kitty! |
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MindPilot
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Thu Jun-03-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
64. USS Tulare (LKA112) Tu-Tu or the Big T |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Jun-06-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Didn't know this one! My folks lived barely a mile from the main gate at Little Creek. nt |
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Submariner
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Mon Jun-28-10 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. USS Becuna (SS-319), called the Becky B, now a museum boat in Philly |
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Stinky The Clown
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Wed Aug-18-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. USS Pandemus, ARL15 |
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FromNY
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Wed Oct-27-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some more |
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FromNY
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Wed Oct-27-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Benjamin Stoddard |
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Stinky The Clown
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Thu Nov-04-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. The person who started this thread is a friend of mine . . . . . |
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haele
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Sun Mar-06-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
73. Norton Sound - the Snortin' Norton,,, |
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MADem
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Fri Nov-18-11 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
76. USS Blue Ridge |
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