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Originally Posted by R Leonard
Okay, how about USS Robin - the name some think was assigned to HMS Victorious during her sojourn in the South Pacific in company with USS Saratoga. Actually "Robin" was the radio code for Victorious, thus evolved a joke, "USS Robin" that many today think is fact. The USN was, and is, loath to allow two ships to share the same name at the same time, especially in the same theatre, and, of course, the Admiralty was, is, not going to allow one of its ships to be called, however temporary, USS anything.
Someone else go, all I have handy is a picture of a well known cruiser.
Rich
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I was looking if any of the class was named
Eagle ........ didn't think about Victorious.
My favourite magazine just published a series about, of all things, "funnel fashion styles in warships", you just can't be serious all the time, this is one of the pictures. I only want the central ship but full points for guessing all the others.
funnels_01.jpg
Hint: the article was organized by nationality and ship type .......