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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being deployed back into the Persian Gulf along with her strike group
2020-11-28
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Posted by:trailing wife

#8  /\ It depends. Yes, you are correct in that the bigger ships (e.g., warships) are "he", but smaller boats can be "she". A submarine is a "she".

Perhaps g(r)om can assist tomorrow.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-28 21:35  

#7  I believe Russians call their ships "He"...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-11-28 19:53  

#6  @ #4 - Nah, the rare earths should be mined before then. And if the focus becomes China, then back to the poppy fields of Asia.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-28 18:06  

#5  The Western tradition is to call ships 'her' and 'she'. You make 'her' mad and 'she' leaves you, then you're really sunk.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2020-11-28 18:04  

#4  Come off it, troops are never going home. We'll have soldiers dying in Afghanistan and Iraq 75 hears from now.
Posted by: Elmung Hatrack5948   2020-11-28 14:15  

#3  “Its”
Posted by: Mad Eye Angonter1301   2020-11-28 08:36  

#2  'Her strike group'? How sexist!
Posted by: Raj   2020-11-28 08:00  

#1  So Iraq and Afghanistan are to be exited. What about Syria?
Posted by: 3dc   2020-11-28 02:36  

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