--- In NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com, Brian McCue <brianmccue22312@...>
wrote:


> That said, times change. Perhaps the reason the Navy switched (as of
>SSN-688) to naming submarines after cities instead of after fish was
>a recognition that submarines are today's cruisers: collectors of
>information, eliminators of their inferiors, and able to make quick
>exits if an overwhelming threat approaches.

That is an apt suggestion, but I think we need look no further than
Rickover's original rationale:

"Fish don't vote."

(winks)

Brooks