Miloch wrote in
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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...ship-names-of-
the-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.


The first 2 seasons of Star Trek TNG would show
Picard standing in front of a mural showing all the
previous ships named Enterprise. Sailing ships,
carriers, even the first space shuttle that had the
name. It didn't make thru the rest of the series
but it got the point across.