ST Alpha - "Suck it Pixie: US Navy's most advanced submarine in history to be named...USS Indianapolis -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 164

Suck it Pixie: US Navy's most advanced submarine in history to be named...USS Indianapolis -- nm

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Apr 18 '12, 07:28

(No message)

Responses:

er....damnit! USS Indiana! -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 07:29 9
- This is perfect. -- nm - David Apr 18, 08:03 2
  - what a gift to the world I am! -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 08:17 1
    - like a big bald cabbage patch doll. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 18, 08:30
- Damn Indiana public education. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 07:58
- Judging by this thread, instantly this submarine is the most advanced thing relating to Indiana. - Will Hunting Apr 18, 07:32 1
  - and it can never, ever go there. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 07:59
- the one with all the screen doors -- nm - pixitude Apr 18, 07:32
- *disappointed* -- nm - Sharks of the world Apr 18, 07:31
- dumbass. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 18, 07:30
*perks up* -- nm - Sharks of the world Apr 18, 07:29
I am not sure I would name it after a vessel that sunk. - groiny Apr 18, 07:29 13
- What are the odds of that happening again? I mean outside the idea it's a sub so it's supposed to sink. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 18, 07:33 11
  - The Indianapolis was sunk by a sub. So, it's like Karma if they sink a destroyer - Bacon Apr 18, 07:34
  - [deleted] 9
    - or a dirigible named the Hindenburg -- nm - Beaker Apr 18, 07:36 8
      - I can't quite tell if this thread has crossed from funny to serious, but there's already been a Navy submarine named the Indianapolis. -- nm - Roger More Apr 18, 07:59 7
        
        At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea and sank in 12 minutes. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 18, 08:03 5
        
        Which in Indiana is pi divided by 3. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 18, 08:09
        
        I've seen Jaws. -- nm - Roger More Apr 18, 08:07 1
        
        I'm rewatching the monologue now. it's been a long time. chilling. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 08:26
        
        "The third USS Indianapolis (SSN-697), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Indianapolis." -- nm - mara Apr 18, 08:04 1
        
        (Sheesh, what an awful sentence.) -- nm - mara Apr 18, 08:06
        
        there you go, bringing facts and shit into our sarcasm. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 18, 08:01
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Apr 18, 07:30

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.