New ship's Capt. Kirk is used to 'Star Trek' jokes

[yuiyoshida]

BATH, Maine (AP) — Captain Kirk's futuristic-looking vessel sports cutting-edge technology, new propulsion and powerful armaments, but this ship isn't the Starship Enterprise.

The skipper of the stealthy Zumwalt is Navy Capt. James Kirk, and yes, he's used to the jokes about the name he shares with the TV starship commander played by actor William Shatner.

Kirk takes it in stride.

"I don't take any offense," he told The Associated Press in an interview. "If it's a helpful moniker that brings attention to help us to do what we need to do to get the ship into the fleet and into combat operations, then that's fine."

While it's no starship, the technology-laden Zumwalt taking shape at Maine's Bath Iron Works is unlike any other U.S. warship.

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[MADem]

1. Beam me up......I say, I say....BEAM. ME. UP!!!!!!!

Anyone remember that crazed guy, Trafficant, who used to say that during One Minute Speeches in the House? He went to jail for a while--but he was a free show on the Hill while he was repping Youngstown, OH.

The guy was not a very good Dem, he was a crook--but he certainly was amusing:

[Archae]

2. Khaaaan!

Oh come on, you saw it coming, right?

[Warren DeMontague]

3. "I've got some stuff that'll tranquilize an active volcano"

[jmowreader]

4. Hopefully everyone on base knows this captain's name is really Kirk

When I was at Fort Campbell, the 101st Military Police Company commander was a captain whose last name was Marvel. He would go to all the guard posts and check security. One night I was the Officer of the Day's driver and we got a phone call...come to guard post X and replace the guard. The MP commander checked the post...

"Halt! Who goes there?"
'Captain Marvel.'
"Yeah right motherfucker, I'm Superman. Now hit the fucking dirt."

Captain Marvel felt our guard should be assigned to a post where live rounds were not issued. Apparently this wasn't the first time a guard locked and loaded on him.

[Fumesucker]

5. Well...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. "Halt! Who goes there?" Do guards actually say that?

When I was "blessed" with guard duty, we had a one-word challenge and expected a one-word response. I'm assuming the C.O. of M.P.s would know the counter-word.

And we would be warned ahead of time if someone in the command structure had a funny name, like "Captain Major", in the hope we wouldn't embarrass the sergeant of the guard.

I was never concerned with intruders. My biggest worry was somehow screwing up the job and being rewarded with more guard duty.

[jmowreader]

8. Some of our guards did

They usually teach you to say, "identify yourself." But when you're the most dangerous thing in the Army (a private with a full magazine), you tend to recite old movies.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Republicans are not life as we know it -

Jim.

[cloudbase]

9. Been there.

My name is Scott, and I was a chief engineer in the merchant marine. Now happily retired.

[HereSince1628]

10. The monitor meets the Maine look of that thing doesn't scream 'Enterprise'

The consoles on the inside might remind me of a starship, the hull? Reminds me of submarines, and I hope it doesn't go submarine with anyone on board.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Except I'm betting Kirk's quarters looks something like

a "Penthouse" photo shoot

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. lol