RobThorpe t1_j9ih084 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:03 AM

Reply to comment by dasbootdasfoot in TIL the tradition of naming American tanks after generals was actually started by the British during WW2. by edwardrha

There were some ones we didn't excel in naming though...

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TheJBW t1_j9ikuk3 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:42 AM

Yeah, but you also did “Dreadnought” and then slapped that name on a ship so fucking awesome that all battleships that came after it had to be called dreadnoughts.

dasbootdasfoot t1_j9isvj6 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:15 AM

Spanker is an awesome name, you got spanked lol