Random Question for USN/USMC
06-12-2008 | 10:41 AM
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Random Question for USN/USMC
How does the Navy decide what to call the ships? The newest carrier is to be called the Gerald Ford. That follows on the heels of the GHW Bush and the Ronald Reagan. As political as everything gets in Washington, I can't imagine the DEMs would be happy to keep funding new ships that are all named after presidents from the GOP.
Anybody ever heard how this process works?
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Anybody ever heard how this process works?
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06-12-2008 | 04:38 PM
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The recent trend has been to name most ships and subs after cities or states, presumably to touch a chord with as many citizens as possible for budgetary reasons.
They have also named a few ships after favored politicians or famous service members. John Stennis was a big navy proponent in congress.
Carter probably got the nod because he was one of the first nuclear submariners, as well as the first annapolis grad to become president.
Presumably we will not see a USS Clinton
They have also named a few ships after favored politicians or famous service members. John Stennis was a big navy proponent in congress.
Carter probably got the nod because he was one of the first nuclear submariners, as well as the first annapolis grad to become president.
Presumably we will not see a USS Clinton
06-12-2008 | 05:39 PM
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The recent trend has been to name most ships and subs after cities or states, presumably to touch a chord with as many citizens as possible for budgetary reasons.
They have also named a few ships after favored politicians or famous service members. John Stennis was a big navy proponent in congress.
Carter probably got the nod because he was one of the first nuclear submariners, as well as the first annapolis grad to become president.
Presumably we will not see a USS Clinton
They have also named a few ships after favored politicians or famous service members. John Stennis was a big navy proponent in congress.
Carter probably got the nod because he was one of the first nuclear submariners, as well as the first annapolis grad to become president.
Presumably we will not see a USS Clinton
The US Navy welcomed the latest member of it's fleet today. Pictured above the USS William Jefferson Clinton CVS1 set sail today from it's home port of Vancouver, BC. The ship is the first of it's kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Clinton and his foresight in military budget cuts. The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one F14 Tomcat or F18 Hornet aircraft, which although cannot be launched or captured on the 100 foot flight deck, forms a very menacing presence. As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board. The 20 person crew is completely diversified and includes members of all races, creeds, sex, and sexual orientation. The ships purpose is not defined so much as a unit of national defense, in fact in times of conflict it's orders are to remain in hiding in Canada, but will be used extensively for social experimentation and whatever ********y jobs the commander in chief and his wife can think of. It is largely rumored that the ship will also be the set for the upcoming season of MTV's "The Real World."
06-12-2008 | 07:15 PM
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How does the Navy decide what to call the ships? The newest carrier is to be called the Gerald Ford. That follows on the heels of the GHW Bush and the Ronald Reagan. As political as everything gets in Washington, I can't imagine the DEMs would be happy to keep funding new ships that are all named after presidents from the GOP.
Anybody ever heard how this process works?
WW
Anybody ever heard how this process works?
WW
For the full story....
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Ship Naming in the United States Navy
......On 3 March 1819 an act of Congress formally placed the responsibility for assigning names to the Navy's ships in the hands of the Secretary of the Navy, a prerogative which he still exercises. This act stated that "all of the ships, of the Navy of the United States, now building, or hereafter to be built, shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President of the United States, according to the following rule, to wit: those of the first class shall be called after the States of this Union; those of the second class after the rivers; and those of the third class after the principal cities and towns; taking care that no two vessels of the navy shall bear the same name." The last-cited provision remains in the United States Code today.........
06-13-2008 | 08:36 AM
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06-13-2008 | 08:57 AM
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Carter was a submariner, but never finished nuke school. He started but resigned his commission to run the peanut farm after his fathers death.
06-13-2008 | 10:41 AM
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The Reagan and Bush were put on the drawing board back in the '80s, and it was political to get them approved when Congress had just decided we didn't need anymore carriers. Lehman (sp?) was SecNav and a purely political being. Somehow naming them after the administration that had built the Navy to an all-time high level seemed to be a pretty safe political move. 20 years later, we have 2 new carriers.
06-15-2008 | 01:30 PM
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I think you're right that he didn't finish the school, but the school was just getting set up when he made his contributions to the program...so I think it's fair to consider him "OG".
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