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

I am not sure I would name it after a vessel that sunk.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Apr 18 '12, 07:29

just sayin

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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
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  - 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

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