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EL Gordo
 Post subject: badly named??
PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:38 pm 
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USS Ponce (LPD-15)

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Paul Mabley
 Post subject: Re: badly named??
PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:45 pm 
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Odd, aren't they?

HMS Daring, now that's a name :)

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tr7v8
 Post subject: Re: badly named??
PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:46 pm 
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OMG not a great name, apparently named after a place in Puerto Rico! I can imagine RN versus USN punchups when they meet.
And to think some of the senior service guys used to be touchy about the Flower class names. Daffodil, Mimosa, Bluebell etc.

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Lee 944
 Post subject: Re: badly named??
PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:39 pm 
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It does affect recruitment, who wants to work on the Ponce?

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tr7v8
 Post subject: Re: badly named??
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At least you can say you've been Poncing about :mrgreen:

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EL Gordo
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" we are looking for sailors for the Ponce" :)
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