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	Bob Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Hope was born in Eltham, England, as fifth of seven sons.
		USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), one of the few naval vessels to be named for a living person, was named in his honor.
		Bob Hope Square is a landmark in Hollywood, California.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/b/bo/bob_hope.html (854 words)

	Bob Hope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hope was born in Eltham, London, as fifth of seven sons.
		Bob Hope is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
		Bob Hope has four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: the motion picture star on 6541 Hollywood Blvd., the radio star on 6141 Hollywood Blvd., the TV star on 6758 Hollywood Blvd. and the live theatre special plaque on 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Hope (1500 words)

	USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300). Who is USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)? What is USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)? Where is USNS Bob Hope ...
		USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), the only naval ship of the United States named for the entertainer and one of the few ships named for a living person, is the lead ship of her class of Army prepositioning ships.
		A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel crewed by civilian mariners under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, Bob Hope and other ships of the class are used to preposition tanks, trucks and other wheeled vehicles and supplies needed to support an Army heavy brigade.
		Bob Hope has already seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/USNS_Bob_Hope_(T-AKR-300) (179 words)

	TAKR-300 USNS Bob Hope
		Bob Hope is the first of 14 large, medium-speed, roll-on, roll-off ships constructed from the keel up for the Military Sealift Command.
		USNS Bob Hope is the lead ship in the new Bob Hope class of sealift ships being built by Avondale Industries.
		USNS Dahl and USNS Bob Hope - large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships - loaded military cargo for the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., as part of the repositioning of U.S. forces in support of the president's global war on terrorism.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/takr-300.htm (1781 words)

	USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The USNS Bob Hope in harbor at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece
		USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of her class of Army prepositioning ships, was the only naval ship of the United States to be named for the entertainer.
		The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her keel was laid down on 29 May 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USNS_Bob_Hope_(T-AKR-300) (221 words)

	Bob Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In honor of Hope on his birthday, the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, California was christened Bob HopeSquare.
		Bob Hope is interred in San FernandoMission Cemetery in Los Angeles,California.
		USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), oneof the few naval vessels to be named for a living person, was named in hishonor.
	www.therfcc.org /bob-hope-39713.html (895 words)

	HNN News ::USNS Bob Hope honors 'friend' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Hope's customary Christmas tours began in 1948, when he went to Germany at the request of then Secretary of the Air Force, Stuart Symington, to entertain the troops involved in the Berlin Airlift.
		Hope's distinguished honors included the Congressional Gold Medal from President Kennedy, the Medal of Freedom from President Johnson, an honorary commission as Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth, and the Medal of Arts from President Clinton.
		Hope was also cited by the Guinness Book of Records as "the most honored entertainer in the world" because he had more than 2,000 awards and citations for humanitarian and professional efforts, including 54 honorary doctorates.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /Archives/030801/bobhope_030801.htm (740 words)

	USNS Bob Hope will be the lead ship in the new Bob Hope class of sealift ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		USNS Bob Hope will be the lead ship in the new Bob Hope class of sealift ships being built by Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Hope a "military hero" and said "we can never repay him for his contributions to the men and women in uniform, but we can show our appreciation with a class of ships named in his honor.
		The keel of the Bob Hope is scheduled to be laid in June 1995 with an estimated launching of January 1997 and delivery to the Navy in September 1997.
	www.fas.org /MAN/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/940127-bob-hope.htm (445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		USNS Bob Hope has been deployed for the past 81 days in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		Hope was also been cited by the Guinness Book of Records as “the most honored entertainer in the world,” because he had more than 2,000 awards and citations for humanitarian and professional efforts, including 54 honorary doctorates.
		Bob Hope, I wish you fair winds and following seas as you travel to that distant shore.” USNS Bob Hope is the first ship to have been built in the MSC’s Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) T-AKR 300 class of ships.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display_word.asp?story_id=8750 (783 words)

	TAKR 300 Bob Hope
		USNS Bob Hope is the lead ship in the new Bob Hope class of sealift ships being built by Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
		In July 2002 the USNS Bob Hope, pierside at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C. Took part in Operation Southern Breeze a military operation developed to evaluate and increase a crew's ability to survive and then recover from a chemical attack on a non-combatant cargo ship.
		The USNS Bob Hope departed Jacksonville on February 15, 2003 carrying equipment belonging to the 101st Airborne Division.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/takr-300.htm (283 words)

	Bob Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Hope was presented with the Medal of Merit by President Dwight Eisenhower.
		Dolores accompanied Bob on some of his trips, including the one to Saudi Arabia, where, as the only woman allowed to accompany him, due to Muslim customs, she sang I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas, and captured the hearts of the men with her motherly concern.
		Military guys and gals who were around during some of Bob Hope’s many USO travels may recall a couple of his favorite nicknames.
	www.militarytransitiontimes.com /coverstory/08-03/bobhope-feature.htm (966 words)

	USNS Bob Hope carries on despite loss of namesake
		Bob Hope, the namesake of Military Sealift Command large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Bob Hope, died July 27 at his home in Pasadena, Ca.
		USNS Bob Hope is the lead ship of one of the U.S. Navy's newest and largest classes of military cargo ships.
		USNS Bob Hope was constructed by Avondale Industries in New Orleans, La., and christened by Bob Hope's wife, Delores Hope, in 1997.
	www.msc.navy.mil /N00p/pressrel/press03/press35.htm (458 words)

	USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300)
		USNS BOB HOPE is the first ship in the Navy's first class of large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships (LMSR) specially planned and built as such.
		Bob's first trip into a combat area was during World War II in 1943, when he and his small USO troupe -- Frances Langford, Tony Romano and Jack Pepper -- visited U.S. military facilities in England, Africa, Sicily, and Iceland.
		Bob Hope and his wife Dolores had four children: Linda, Anthony, Nora, and Kelly; and four grandchildren.
	www.navysite.de /akr/akr300.htm (678 words)

	Bob Hope - Biography
		Bob Hope's unwavering commitment to the morale of America's servicemen and women is entertainment history, indeed, world history.
		In 1983 the call came from Beirut and Hope was "on the road again." In 1987, Hope flew around the world to entertain servicemen and women in the Pacific.
		Bob's next visit to Washington, D.C. was in May 2000 when he officially opened the Bob Hope Gallery of American Enterainment at the Library of Congress.
	www.bobhope.com /bob7.htm (665 words)

	Bob Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		One reason the Bob Hope BritishClassic drew such big galleries was that Ford went over...
		ON HIS CHILDHOOD Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham...
		Leslie Townes Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a famous entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, moviess and in army concerts.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bob_Hope (1487 words)

	USNS Benavidez Christening
		The Bob Hope is first ship in the "Hope" class of rollon/rolloff transports.
		Wall of the floating drydock is parallel to the hull in the forground.
		USNS Benavidez seen from the aft end in the floating drydock.
	www.valorremembered.org /RPB_USNSBenAlbum.htm (617 words)

	USNS Bob Hope Sailors pay tribute to namesake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Hope died Sunday at his California home at the age of 100.
		Hope was cited by the Guinness Book of Records as "the most honored entertainer in the world," because he had more than 2,000 awards and citations for humanitarian and professional efforts, including 54 honorary doctorates.
		USNS Bob Hope is the first ship to have been built in the MSC's Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off T-AKR 300 class of ships.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/8_30/national_news/24407-1.html (476 words)

	Bob Hope on Digital Hit's Celebrity Row. Biography, news and information
		Bob Hope worked in five different mediums — vaudeville, radio, stage, movies and television — and became a star in each won.
		Hope was also known for entertaining U.S. troops as part of the USO tours.
		Many felt that Hope was a hawk when it came to the Vietnam war and this caused a rift with younger audiences who would often heckle him.
	www.digitalhit.com /cr/bobhope (601 words)

	WTAP \| Entertainer Bob Hope Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Bob Hope, ski jump-nosed master of the one-liner and favorite comedian of servicemen and presidents alike, has died, just two months after turning 100.
		Hope died late Sunday of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, with his family at his bedside, longtime publicist Ward Grant said Monday.
		The nation's most-honored comedian, Hope was a star in every category open to him, vaudeville, radio, television and film, most notably a string of "Road" movies with longtime friend Bing Crosby.
	www.wtap.com /entertainment/headlines/406397.html (622 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NAVY CHRISTENS NEWEST ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF CARGO SHIP USNS BOB HOPE (T-AKR 300)
		The ship, to be named USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300), will honor legendary entertainer Bob Hope for his more than 50 years of special support to U.S. military forces stationed around the world.
		Hope will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally name the ship.
		Bob Hope is 950 feet in length, has a beam of 105 feet and displaces approximately 62,000 tons.
	www.dod.gov /releases/1997/b031497_bt117-97.html (307 words)

	Blog of Death: Bob Hope
		Leslie Townes Hope, the comedic actor who entertained millions of soldiers during wartime, died on July 27 of complications from pneumonia.
		In later years, Hope would sponsor the Bob Hope Golf Classic, one of the biggest golf tournaments in the U.S. When he became a teenager, Hope decided to work in show business.
		Hope wrote 10 books, including the 1990 autobiography, "Don't Shoot, It's Only Me." He received 54 honorary degrees and more than 2,000 awards, including the Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon B. Johnson.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000169.html (513 words)

	Bob Hope
		He became a United States citizen in 1908.
		On 18 November 2003 the Glendale, California, and Burbank, California, city councils voted unanimously to approve the change, and Pasadena, California, followed on 10 December.
		The rededication ceremony took place on 17 December, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bo/bob_hope.html (870 words)

	The Flagship
		Bob Hope has been deployed for the past 81 days in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		During the ship’s three main missions within the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Bob Hope transported nearly 38,912 tons of combat gear.
		Bob Hope is the first ship to have been built in the MSC’s large, medium speed roll-on/roll-off T-AKR 300-class of ships.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2003/aug072003_12.shtml (736 words)

	Navy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		USNS Bob Hope is the first ship to have been built in the MSC's Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) T-AKR
		Bob Hope's final tour, at age [90], took him to the Persian Gulf, and the men and women of Desert Storm.
		Statement from Acting Secretary of the Navy on the Death of Bob Hope
	www.ussguamlph9.org /navnews.html (1071 words)

	biotour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		With the end of the Vietnam conflict in sight, Hope hailed his 1972 trip as his "last Christmas show." But each Christmas that followed, he wassomewhere in the country doing a show at a military base or veterans hospital.
		Hope's variety shows for the troops included comedy monologs, specialty acts, celebrity appearances, dancers, singers, and skits.
		"Bob Hope has been a very dear friend of every person in uniform--he's got his own special brand of patriotism and has always been sincerely dedicated to the well-being of America's troops...
	www.veteransearch.com /biotours.htm (792 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		On March 30, 1981 while leaving the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC President Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer were shot by a delusional John Hinckley, Jr.
		Shortly before surgery to remove the bullet from his chest (which barely missed his heart) he remarked to his surgeons "I hope you fellows are all Republicans" and to his wife Nancy he jokingly commented "Honey, I forgot to duck".
		Many of his critics felt that the goal was unattainable in practical terms, and that the attempt would be likely to increase the Arms Race, as well as being extremely expensive.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/ronald_reagan.html (1473 words)

	USNS Bob Hope Pays Tribute to Namesake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		USNS Bob Hope is the first ship to have been built in the MSC’s Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) T-AKR 300 class of ships.
		Department of Defense Statement on the Death of Bob Hope - 7/28/2003
		USNS Bob Hope in Kuwait Port Near Namesake's 100th Birthday - 5/14/2003
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8750 (845 words)

	Bob's General Store
		Polished brass bookmark commemorating the USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300) Keel Laying on May 29, 1995.
		Bob Hope Airport logo on a white rectangular background.
		Two-tone pewter with Bob Hope logo on textured background.
	www.bobhope.com /jshop/index.cgi?cmd=view_category&id=9 (123 words)

	Bob Hope: American Patriot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Ford Museum happily presents Grand Rapids with Bob Hope: American Patriot, a special exhibit created by Bob Hope Enterprises on the occasion of Bob Hope’s 100th birthday.
		Bob Hope’s unwavering commitment to the morale of America’s servicemen and women made entertainment history, and arguably, world history.
		Over nearly six decades, in war and in peace, he and his gypsy band of eager entertainers sang, danced and joked their way from one huge audience of military-clad men and women to another.
	www.ford.utexas.edu /museum/exhibits/Bob_Hope/homepage.htm (250 words)

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