Ship names

[Walt]

We have a beer named for him? Sure you're not mistaking him for his cousin Samuel?

Yeh yeh,, I'm a Scotch Snob what the heck do I know about Beers???
Sam Adams is a good beer too.. LOL
I agree with Ben Franklin's spin on God's love for us and our earthly pleasures with Beer!!!

[Walt]

[quote="Walt
I do miss the fish and marine life names though.....

YYYESS!!

What do you think of USS GARGANTUAN LIGHTBULB FISH for an SSN name? Huh? Huh? [/quote]

I like it.. Hey my first boat was USS "Bang SS385".. My dad's reaction was " let's see you're going on a Submarine named "Bang" "
I always thought a Boat named "Sucker" or "Goldfish" & "Baitfish" would be interesting.. But then I think the French navy may have already used those names
Or a Submarine that us Jewish Sailors would have been at home on The "USS Gefilte Fish" The Chinese Navy has named their new Nuke Boats the Fried Fish and Steamed Fish, and the Russians of course had The GlowFish and The "Holey Fish".. We can go on and on but I don't want to be banned from this sandbox

[Werner]

Compare this to the Scooter F/A-18.

There are still several hundred A-6E models at DMARC in Arizona which could be easily converted into the plastic wing, new engine, new electronics A-6G for a tiny fraction of the cost of new aircraft. Certainly they could all be returned to service for the cost of the replacement F/A-18E/Fs:

• Specifications (A-6G)
  
  General characteristics
  
• Crew: 2 (pilot, bombardier/navigator)
• Length: 54 ft 7 in (16.6 m)
• Wingspan: 53 ft (16.2 m)
• Height: 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
• Wing area: 529 ft� (49.1 m�)
• Airfoil: NACA 64A009 mod root, NACA 64A005.9 tip
• Empty weight: 21,630 lb
• Useful load: 40,000 lb
• Max takeoff weight: 61,630 lb
• Powerplant: 2� General Electric F404 turbofan, 11,000 lbf (48.9 kN) each
• Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0144
• Drag area: 7.64 ft� (0.71 m�)
• Aspect ratio: 5.31
  
  Performance
  
• Maximum speed: 600 kn
• Range: 4,000 NM
• Service ceiling 40,600 ft
• Rate of climb: 10,000 ft/min
• Lift-to-drag ratio: 15.2
  
  Combat Electronics
  
• Norden AN/APQ-173 synthetic aperture radar
• Multi-function cockpit displays
• TRAM-II Advanced (Target Recognition and Attack, Multi-Sensor Version 2, Advanced)
  
  Approved Weapons Capable
  Up to 20,000 pounds on hardpoints, of
  
• 2.75" (70 mm) Rocket Pod
• 5" (127 mm) Zuni Rocket Pod
• Mk-20 Rockeye
• Mk-77 Napalm
• Mk-81 (250 lb) (113 kg)
• Mk-82 Snakeye
• Mk-83 (1,000 lb) (454 kg)
• Mk-84 (2,000 lb) (907 kg)
• Mk-117 (750 lb) (340 kg)
• CBU-78 Gator
• GBU-10E Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb
• GBU-12D Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb
• GBU-16B Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb
• AGM-123A Skipper II
• AGM-45 Shrike
• AGM-62 Walleye
• AIM-9 Sidewinder
• AIM-120 AAMRAM
• AGM-84D Harpoon
• AGM-88 HARM
• AGM-84E SLAM
• AGM-65 Maverick
• AGM-123 Skipper
• B-61 Special Weapon
• Various Land mines
• Various underwater mines
• Various practice bombs [Mk-76, BDU-45, LGTR, etc...]

This aircraft would have two separate terrain contour following systems (inertial and LPI radar), with the ability to fly extended ranges under 10 meters altitude.

A-6E fleet at Davis Monathan