First USN LCS to called "Freedom".

[Frankychan]

I think having a USS Devastator off of your shores isn't a very good PR move dude....but it would sound pretty cool. USS Tyrant



When you coming back to Hawaii, man? Missed ya the first time...my bad.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Pax
I don't think that LCS will be used for Mine warfare ops. The ships would need to be made of wood.
Mine warfare ships are named after birds(MHC) and different types of fightng men(Warrior, Gladiator).
The idea for littoral combat ships has been around for longer than the Bush/Rumsfeld administration and 9/11. The navy concept of "forward from the sea" calls for efficiency of power. When it was attacked, A DDG like the COLE could deliver Tomahawks at classified ranges and defend itself against jets and missiles. Who would have thought that it was more vulnerable to a small boat than anything else. Today, we use these same powerful ships for boarding ops and etc. This is sort of a waste. The LCS ships ultimately will allow the U.S. Navy to work more efficiently.
That being said, I hate the name Freedom.

You just hate America's freedoms you commie bastard

[Verto]

USS Apocalypse

[Zevico]

USS Internet!

Perhaps we should honor its illustrious creator first?
USS Al Gore!!111

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Indefatigable, Dreadnought etc.

Titanic

[Case]

What on earth is it with Americans and the word 'freedom'? - The most common use of the word 'freedom' in Australia is in ads for tampons.

Incidently, given that Britain's two new carriers are to be named HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth, Brits don't have any grounds on which they can mock the USN

[Dinner]

Ahhh, yes. The British Navy give patriotic names to ships which were made in... France.

[Az]

You're just pissed off that they play more with france than with you.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The enemy fleet was sunk by Freedom.

Hm, I reckon "Freedom destroyed" would come across really, really, bad.

[Kuciwalker]

Freedom was splattered by Al Qaeda

[Case]

When the USS Freedom's captain gets drunk and stears the ship into a rock it's going to look very, very bad

Incidently, one of the few correct decisions Hitler made was renaming the cruiser Deutschland to the Lützow in 1940.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Pax
I don't think that LCS will be used for Mine warfare ops. The ships would need to be made of wood.

IIRC, the Current Mine Warfare ships (minus whatever LHA/LHD is playing the corrdinating role with the Sea Dragons) have fiberglass hulls.

[Whoha]

Originally posted by ixnay


USS Bed, Bath, & Beyond!

USS Porno!

[Az]

USS Ron Jeremy

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Knew I was going to catch it on that one. Had a bad feeling that I knew of earlier USS Intrepids. That's what comes of not checking up on google...

You get a pass since you're a Canuck, but Decatur's little stunt put the Intrepid just a little below the Constitution and Bon Homme Richard in early American naval history.