Military Industrial Complex namesake or fitting local tribute . . .
The official announcement . . .
Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship will be named USS Kansas City (LCS 22).
LCS 22 will be the second commissioned naval ship to bear the name Kansas City. The first was a replenishment oiler (AOE 3) which served a 25-year career and included service during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.
A look at the old model . . .
Mainstream media celebration:Navy to name new ship after Kansas City
You decide . . .
No clittoral jokes.
ReplyDeleteStudy your grammar, kid. This isn't a battleship. Look up littoral.
ReplyDeleteIs it dedicated to Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas?
ReplyDeleteIf the Navy uses it for drive-by shootings, it could be either city.
ReplyDeleteIt cost billions of dollars and it is supposed to go back and forth on the river for only two miles.
ReplyDeleteExclusive catering contract?
ReplyDeleteWith a lame comedy club relocated to the fantail.
ReplyDeleteProbably, only matters to us Sailors, but The First Kansas City was AOR3. Not an AOE. A combination oiler and stores ship, as opposed to AOE's which were oilers and ammunition ships.
ReplyDeleteAre they done installing the overhead wires in the ocean for the toy ship to use?
ReplyDeleteMore waste by the military. They are superb at assuming money. BTW- when was last time they won a war?
ReplyDeleteDoes is have the appropriate amount of diversity? Do all the sailors make $15 per hour? I assume it is unarmed. Does it have alternative energy sources? Did the shipbuilder get tax subsidies for building it? If we are to lend our city's name to a ship we should be certain it lives up to our great city's standards.
ReplyDeleteWord from the Dept of Navy this vessel is equipped with "nig-a-dar".
ReplyDeleteCongressman Car Wash will introduce the new nig patrol boat at it's dedication launch into Turd Creek on the Plaza.
Killa City residents will rest easier knowing the USS Killa City is cruising Turk Creek to keep them safe.
Chief Forte has already ordered his "Captian Stubben" outfit for the USS Killa City's launch.
If we didn't have a brand new funding stream dedicated to the toy train boondoggle and matching federal transit grant the have to be spent on public transit to pay for a toy train that hasn't used any money from te general fund and is both on time and on budget, WE COULD HAVE HAD AN AIRCRFT CARRIER!!!!!
ReplyDeleteClunktootding!
These comments are LULZ.
ReplyDeleteAll the sailors will now have 1% taken from their paychecks.
ReplyDeleteStrap that man to the yard arm for muttering such insulence
ReplyDeleteNo, he should be keelhauled!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fitting tribute to this great city. Naming a boat thats only good for doing drivebys on lesser opponents after it. Makes me proud.
ReplyDeleteWith a name like that the thing is doomed to sink!
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't have a Negro Jazz Museum it aint shit!
ReplyDeleteI heard that we're flying Lil' Cindy over to christen the thing with a bottle of Boulevard Chocolate Ale.
ReplyDeleteRuss "Bullyboy" Johnson will be reading NEBRASKY FOOTBALL quotes from Tommy Osborne to get folks fired up like he did on his now-defunked Twitter page.
2:07 if you haven't figured it out by now Tony (as well as his famed denizens) shits on your opinions of what constitutes "free speech."
ReplyDeleteBut keep on banging the drum if it makes ya feel good!
Yeah sure, and the gang way can be called Troost... A floating NIGGER boat.
ReplyDeleteThis is an insult to all who are serving our country. Have some respect for our service members who are fighting for our country. We still live in the most blessed country and I am proud to be an American. Go to another country and see for yourself.It should be exciting for all that live in Kansas City wether it's KS or MO to have this happen in your city .
ReplyDeleteSpoken like s true politician
ReplyDeleteSo when is Glazer doing a story laying out how he made this deal happen? Be an awesome story with him bragging about all the Admirals he knows and how he is going to make a movie about it, call it Capt Glazer Forever or maybe Butt Sex on the High Seas.
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say about those "littoral" ships!
ReplyDeleteLOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS!!!!!