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[J. Forster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ships_named_Enterprise

-John

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> I don't have (or can't locate) the more detailed listing of all USS
> vessels
> since 1776 but I believe it was four of the five that were sunk that had
> been named the same as earlier vessels.  The current USS Enterprise was
> named
> after one of the three that survived the War and was scrapped 1958 (the
> other two were scrapped or otherwise destroyed 1947).
>
> In a message dated 11/1/2010 11:27:45 AM Central Daylight Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>> Some, at least, were named after Revolutionary War ships.
>>
>> -John
>>
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>>
>>
>> >Of the first eight US aircraft carriers, five were sunk in 1942 and
>> four
>> >reappeared in 1943 as Essex Class.
>> >
>> >In a message dated 11/1/2010 10:24:36 AM Central Daylight Time,
>> >gzook at yahoo.com writes:
>> >>And two Hornets:  CV-8 and CV-12.
>> >>
>> >>Glen, K9STH
>> >>
>> >>Website:  http://k9sth.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>--- On Sun, 10/31/10, Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>And two Yorktowns:  CV-5 and CV-10.  The latter can be seen at
>> Patriot's
>> >>Point Museum in Charles, SC
>> >>http://charlestonharbortours.com/article.cfm?EditorialID=33&CategoryID=0
>> >>
>> >
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