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Who wants to upvote this BEAUTIFUL ship and the wonderful US NAVY!!! (media.patriots.win)
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– RiverFenix 4 points ago +4 / -0

The N in USNS is for Navy..

It's a United States Naval Supply Ship, or US Naval Hospital Ship. I guess they drop the H

fun fact nobody cares about: All Canadian navy ships are called HMCS-whatever... "Her Majesty's Canadian Ship-Whatever"

double fun: It used to be 'His Majesty's Ship' during King George, so if we get a Xir in the castle it means we'd have to rename the whole damned acronym!

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– Nicktdot 1 point ago +1 / -0

HMS: Royal Navy
HMCS: Canada
HMAS: Australia
HMNZS: NZ
HMJS: Jamaica
HMBS: Bahamas, Barbados
HMPNGS: Papua NewGuinea
etc..

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– Apathyzombie 1 point ago +1 / -0

The N is for Naval, not Navy. Not the same thing. They are normally crewed by Merchant Marine.

But again, that's being very pedantic, like the fact that a USMC officer is an American Naval Officer, but not an American Navy Officer.

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