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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Some minor misconceptions might need to be clarified. First off, renaming of ships is not considered bad luck in sailor circles. Ships in some commercial fleets are renamed more often than they are repainted. Ships in military navies are often renamed and re-renamed during construction phase (which can drag on for years) and there's no special aversity to renaming operational ships, either. It just hasn't happened all that much in the USN yet. (But e.g. the Thresher class of submarines was renamed the Permit class after the loss of the class boat, to [i]dispel[/i] "bad luck"!) Also, it is not unusual to move large chunks of crews from ship to ship. It depends a bit on how the crew is trained. If you have a commercial or conscript crew, moving around is the norm. Professional military navies might want to train personnel to specific tasks aboard specific ships, but Starfleet is famous for its multi-proficient personnel (or Desilu/Paramount was famous for its recycling of extras, including "dead" ones!). And several RW navies are famous for going to silly lengths to keep an "honored" name active. When a ship with such a name goes down, a newbuild or an older active vessel of same or different class will be renamed. The Royal Navy and IIRC the Indian and Argentine navies like to play such games with their carrier names, for example. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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