Jim, If a boat is carrying an officer with a command to a ship, it identifies itself by the command. Thus, USS Enterprise for the CO of the Enterprise, 6th Fleet for the commanding admiral of the 6th Fleet, or, for the President, United States. When the President is on a naval vessel, that ship flies the President's flag from its mast. How a fishing skiff fits into this is beyond my knowledge :-). john On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 WaterskiPilot@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 4/10/2003 1:59:23 AM Central Standard Time, > mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > The Sikorsky is a marine helicopter, not airforce and that's why it has > > the call sign Marine One. > > > > So it follows that his Hummer is "Army One." > And the fishing skiff is "Navy One." > > Jim Hann > Waterski J-41 Captain > Lambert-St. Louis Airport (STL/KSTL) > > Sorry, I couldn't resist, I need sleep, 17 hours is too long for me on four > hours sleep. > -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@xxxxxx