In article , Mitchell Holman
says...
Miloch wrote in
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In article , Mitchell
Holman says...
Miloch wrote in
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In article , Dov says...
Miloch wrote:
The US Navy is to name new aircraft carrier after a World War II
hero Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was the first African
American to receive the Navy Cross for valor in 1942
Ummm. maybe they saw the light, realized it was high time to honor
an African American, decided to right a wrong, and all that good
stuff. That would reflect good on them.
Maybe.
Either that, or: maybe they looked up who's the next prez after
Ford, and found it was His Leftie Cluelessness Jimmy "I didn't
inhale" Carter. Then, from the lowest admiral to SECNAV up to
POTweeTUS, they all had a cow. A herd of cows. And they decided it
was an urgent priority to take action. Nyah.
Ummm?
Dov
Mmmmm...ya Dov...Carter...graduate of the Naval Academy! Who
announced “I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate
all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce
of marijuana.”
Try Clinton who said, “When I was in England, I experimented with
marijuana a time or two, and I didn’t like it. I didn’t inhale and
never tried it again,”.
Apparently he preferred it baked in his brownies...
At least all of the abover were IN the
Navy. For awhile there the Navy was naming
ships after politicians like John Stennis
and Carl Vinson who merely threw money at
the navy budget regardless of their naval
background and even lack of it.
I've read that the Navy is running out of well known people to name
their ships after...
I liked the WWII practice: Battleships
named after states, cruisers named after
cities, carriers named after battles, DE's
and DDE's named after captians, submarines
named after fish.
Attached is a pic of the ole Breckinridge
Wiki says...
"John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American
lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of
Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United
States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic party. He
served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was
expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate
secretary of war in 1865."
Weirdly, there was a second Navy ship named "Breckinridge"...
"USS Breckinridge (DD–148) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States
Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-112. She was named for Ensign
Joseph Breckinridge.
Apparently the Navy has no problem recycling names...
https://worldhistory.us/military-his...he-us-navy.php
"Warships named after States, Cities, and Ideals
"Geographical places have always been popular both in the Navys eyes and in the
eyes of congressional representatives who approve defense budgets. Each of the
50 US states have had at least one battleship, cruiser or submarine named in
their honor. Some influential ones, such as Massachusetts and New York, have had
as many as eight ships apiece named after them since the Revolution. Likewise,
cities are very common on the navy list. Traditionally sail frigates, and then
gun cruisers and now attack submarines carry city names. Most large
metropolitans in the US have had at least one of these named after them. Some
have had multiple ships, such as Boston (seven ships) and Philadelphia (six
ships). The country itself has lent its name to a half dozen USS Americas and
four ill-fated USS United States (three of which, in a curious twist of fate,
never made it out of construction)
"With the birth of the republic in 1783, the new country chose a set of idyllic
revolutionary names for its warships. These names, such as Enterprise,
Independence, Congress, President, Constellation (after the myriad of stars on
the flag) and Constitution (the oldest warship afloat) have long been a part of
naval history. In fact, more than 30 US warships have used the above names,
Enterprise no less than 8 times. Add to these names those of Revolutionary-war
era warship names of Boxer, Essex, Hancock and Hornet that have graced another
20+ warships over time.
"The most recycled US Warship name
"The heavyweight champion title-holder for the most reissued name in the US navy
goes to the USS Wasp. The original Wasp in 1775 was a schooner who was blown up
to prevent the British from capturing it. The British captured the second Wasp
during the War of 1812. The third and fourth also fought in that war but
survived. The fifth was lost at sea. The sixth survived fighting for both sides
in the civil war. The seventh and eight saw WWI service safely. The ninth was a
famous WW2 carrier that was lost to the Japanese. The 10th was an aircraft
carrier built to replace number 9 and served for 30 years, and the 11th USS Wasp
is an amphibious assault ship built in 1989 and is currently on active duty.
"While the US Navy years from now will undoubtedly be very different from that
in 1775, surely most of the names will be very familiar.
Strangely, there has yet to be a ship name the "Grover Cleveland"...go figure!
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