Hi All
Found this piece which explains a little more about the reasons tat the Inidan Navy want this vessel - Also that the Sanskrit word of the ship means hippopotamus
Courtesy of CBS03 @
http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_174153219.html"Jun 23, 2007 3:26 pm US/Eastern
U.S. Navy Ship Goes Indian
(AP) TRENTON The U.S. Navy ship bearing the name of New Jersey's capital city now goes by the Sanskrit word for "hippopotamus."
The USS Trenton officially became the INS Jalashwa of the Indian navy during a ceremony Friday at the Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia.
According to Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the United States, it's the first time India has purchased a U.S. Navy ship.
A 570-foot-long Austin-class amphibious transport dock designed to land Marines, the former USS Trenton fills a need in the Indian navy for a large amphibious ship.
When Indian navy vessels sought to bring relief to coastal areas in the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami, they found jetties and piers broken.
India plans to station the ship off the country's east coast.
The U.S. Navy launched the USS Trenton 1968 and commissioned it in 1971."
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Steve Ellwood