From: Jeff Shultz 

Adam Flinton wrote:

> Bill Lucy wrote:
>> Out of darkness, George Sherwood says...
>>
>>
>>>>>USS John S. McCain (DDG 56).
>>>>>
>>>>>http://navysite.de/dd/ddg56.htm
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Blimey...& I was kidding....
>>>>
>>>>Adam
>>>
>>>Not named for the Senator.
>>>
>>>The namesakes of USS JOHN S. McCAIN are two McCains, John Sidney Sr.,
>>>and John Sydney Jr., both served in World War II and both were Navy
>>>Admirals.
>>
>>
>> Well, they *were* Senator McCain's grandfather and father, respectively.
>>
>> 
>>
> How odd then that he's a senator for Arizona....a state not famed for
> it's coast....
>
> Adam

I dunno, after staring at sand and scrubbrush for 18 years, a switch to the
ocean would probably sounds like a good idea.

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Jeff Shultz

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