# I'm being stalked by a Battleship.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178 "2008-09-18T18:15:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178/21 "2008-09-19T19:27:54Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> F 22

HMS _Jackal_ had the pennant number F22, but she was sunk in 1942 off the coast of Egypt. The Chinese are now exporting _Jianghu_-class frigates, the hull numbers of which would include an F22, but I haven’t been able to find proof that any such warship is now afloat.

But since the decommissioning and removal from the Naval Register of the USS _Iowa_ and _Wisconsin_ in 2006, there are now no battleships on the high seas anywhere in the world.

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### Author: ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178/22 "2008-09-19T20:32:05Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> But since the decommissioning and removal from the Naval Register of the USS _Iowa_ and _Wisconsin_ in 2006, there are now no battleships on the high seas anywhere in the world.

What about the low seas?

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### Author: ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178/23 "2008-09-19T20:44:55Z")

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Well, obviously, battleships are usually baritones.

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### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-battleship/464178/24 "2008-09-19T21:12:53Z")

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> [@Encinitas](#):
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> What about the low seas?

:rolleyes: Yar, ye’ll be keelhauled for that for sure, my hearty!

'Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day, don’t ye know…

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