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And it really flies when paddled
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:05:54 +0000, Ken Duffey wrote:
Same question about exceptions goes to the USS 'City of Corpus Christi' Los Angeles class SSN ?? What is unusual about that name ?? As far as I know, no other US vessel named after a city is named "City of...". When the submarine was launched in 1981, some religious and antinuclear protest groups were upset that the Navy planned to name a nuclear-powered sub that would carry tactical nuclear weapons "Corpus Christi", Latin for "Body of Christ." The name was eventually changed to "City of Corpus Christi" to make it clear that SSN-705 was named after the city in Texas, and to avoid implying to the world that God was on our side of the Cold War, not the side of our Godless Commie ******* adversaries. I'm not sure if the name was changed before or after SSN-705 commissioned in January 1983. The Naval Vessel Register shows the name as "USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) (ex-Corpus Christi)" [1]. ljd [1] http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SSN705.htm |
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