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Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22478.pdf
For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or recently procured for the Navy, naming rules
can be summarized as follows:
· Aircraft carriers are generally named for past U.S. Presidents. Of the last 14, 10
were named for past U.S. Presidents, and two for Members of Congress.
· Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarines are being named for states.
· Destroyers are named for deceased members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard, including Secretaries of the Navy.
· Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) are being named for regionally important U.S.
cities and communities.
· Amphibious assault ships are being named for important battles in which U.S.
Marines played a prominent part, and for famous earlier U.S. Navy ships that
were not named for battles.
· San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ships are being named for major U.S.
cities and communities, and cities and communities attacked on September 11,
2001.
· Lewis and Clark (TAKE-1) class cargo and ammunition ships were named
for famous American explorers, trailblazers, and pioneers.
· Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ships/Afloat Forward Staging Bases
(AFSBs) are being named for famous names or places of historical significance
to U.S. Marines
לגבי קריאת ספינות על שם אנשים חיים
The Navy historically has only rarely named ships for living persons. Since 1973, at least 14 U.S. military ships have been named for persons who were living at the time the name was announced. Members of the public are sometimes interested in having Navy ships named for their own states or cities, for older U.S. Navy ships (particularly those on which they or their relatives served), for battles in which they or their relatives participated, or for people they admire
התקשורת מתקטננת עם הצי סביב חוסר עקביות, אפילו בתוך משפחות הומוגניות... עזבו את ה IED, ה F-35, את משבר התקציב העיקר שהפיינשמקרים בגבעת הקפיטול מרוצים
Such observers might cite, for example, the three-ship Seawolf (SSN-21)
class of attack submarines—Seawolf (SSN-21), Connecticut (SSN-22), and Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)—which were named for a fish, a state, and a President, respectively, reflecting no apparent class naming rule.
Ohio (SSBN-726) class ballistic missile submarines, for example, were named for states, but one (SSBN-730) was named for Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson of Washington, who died in office in 1983. Los Angeles (SSN-688) class attack submarines were named for cities, but one (SSN-709) was named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the longtime director of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program. Ticonderoga (CG-47) class cruisers were named for battles, but one (CG-51) was named for Thomas S. Gates, a former Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Defense
Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarines are being named for states. An exception occurred on January 8, 2009, when then-Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter announced that SSN-785, the 12th ship in the class, would be named for former Senator John Warner
The July 2012 Navy report to Congress discusses this tradition and states more specifically that destroyers are being named for deceased members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including Secretaries of the Navy. An exception occurred on May 7, 2012, when the Navy announced that it was naming DDG-116, an Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer, for a living person, Thomas Hudner
מסתבר שגם גבריאלה גיפורדס מקבלת ספינת LCS על שמה... תבדל"א היהודיה היקרה שחטפה כדור בראש וניצלה רק מה נגמרו כל הגיבורים מעירק וויאטנם הנשיאים שרי ההגנה הצי ואדמירלים דוגלים?
Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) were at first named for U.S. mid-tier cities, small towns, and other U.S. communities.28 The naming convention for LCSs was later adjusted to regionally important U.S. cities and communities. An exception occurred on February 10, 2012, when the Navy announced that it was naming LCS-10 for former Representative Gabrielle Giffords
San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ships are being named for major U.S. cities and
communities (with major being defined as being one of the top three population centers in a state), and cities and communities attacked on September 11, 2001. An exception occurred on April 23, 2010, when the Navy announced that it was naming LPD-26, the 10th ship in the class, for the late Representative John P. Murtha
גם זה חשוב
In its announcement of April 13, 2012, that the Navy was naming the Virginia class attack
submarines SSNs 786 through 790 for Illinois, Washington, Colorado, Indiana, and South Dakota, respectively, the Department of Defense stated, “None of the five states has had a ship named for it for more than 49 years. The most recent to serve was the battleship Indiana, which was decommissioned in October 1963.”The July 2012 Navy report to Congress states: “Before deciding on which names to select [for the five submarines], Secretary [of the Navy Ray] Mabus asked for a list of State names that had been absent the longest from the US Naval Register.... ”
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