If LKA-57 was sold to another country, then most likely it was sold to be refurbished and put into service under that country's flag. There are plenty of instances where decommisioned ships are sold to other countries for use in their Navy. Mexico is considering buying a few of the older LPDs as we speak...my ship, USS Denver LPD-9, was one of the ones being looked at.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern ----LKA--. That is, nine letter words with 5th letter L and 6th letter K and 7th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are:

antalkali

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -LKA--C. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter L and 3rd letter K and 4th letter A and 7th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are:

alkalic

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -LKA--N. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter L and 3rd letter K and 4th letter A and 7th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

alkalin

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -LKA--T. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter L and 3rd letter K and 4th letter A and 7th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are:

alkanet