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Originally Posted by gunnut
Lexington and Saratoga are both used for Tico cruisers. The class is named after famous battles. There's one named Hue City.
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Your info is a little off there
gunnut 
Lexington and
Saratoga were carriers, not Ticos. Nothing named for them since the Essex-class carrier and the Forrestal-class carrier, respectively.
The Tico-class does/did include
Yorktown and
Leyte Gulf however.
And - as usual - there has to be the one black sheep, USS
Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
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Originally Posted by Galrahn
Norman Polmar goes off ranting in the July edition of Proceedings about the hull numerical system being tossed around in the Navy.
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Just my opinion, but I find Norman Polmar to be an irritating and snide pr!ck.