Aircraft Carrier naming

"Joe Delphi" wrote in message
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And in answer to another poster's question, I believe that the USS (The)
Sullivans is still a commissioned ship.

From: http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/sullivan.htm
USS THE SULLIVANS ( DD-537 )
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Launched April 4, 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco CA.
Commissioned September 30, 1943
Decommissioned 1965

Vaughn




JD

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"Joe Delphi" wrote in message
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And in answer to another poster's question, I believe that the USS (The)
Sullivans is still a commissioned ship.

From: http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/sullivan.htm
USS THE SULLIVANS ( DD-537 )
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Launched April 4, 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco CA.
Commissioned September 30, 1943
Decommissioned 1965

Hmm, you learn something new every day. I didn't realize there was a
previous ship bearing that name.

http://www.sullivans.navy.mil/

(DDG-67)

There are two USS Sullivans - the first one, referred to below, was used in
WW2 and Korea, the second ship DDG-668 was the one to which I was referring.

JD


Vaughn wrote in message
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"Joe Delphi" wrote in message
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And in answer to another poster's question, I believe that the USS (The)
Sullivans is still a commissioned ship.

From: http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/sullivan.htm
USS THE SULLIVANS ( DD-537 )
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Launched April 4, 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco CA.
Commissioned September 30, 1943
Decommissioned 1965

Vaughn




JD

Joe Delphi wrote:

There are two USS Sullivans - the first one, referred to below, was used in
WW2 and Korea, the second ship DDG-668 was the one to which I was referring.

JD


Vaughn wrote in message
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"Joe Delphi" wrote in message
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And in answer to another poster's question, I believe that the USS (The)
Sullivans is still a commissioned ship.

From: http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/sullivan.htm
USS THE SULLIVANS ( DD-537 )
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Launched April 4, 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco CA.
Commissioned September 30, 1943
Decommissioned 1965

Vaughn




JD






You are completely forgetting there is an Arleigh Burke
class The Sullivans. DDG-68

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Lynn in StLou wrote:
Joe Delphi wrote:

There are two USS Sullivans - the first one, referred to below, was
used in
WW2 and Korea, the second ship DDG-668 was the one to which I was
referring.

JD


Vaughn wrote in message
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"Joe Delphi" wrote in message
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And in answer to another poster's question, I believe that the USS
(The)
Sullivans is still a commissioned ship.


From: http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/sullivan.htm
USS THE SULLIVANS ( DD-537 )
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Launched April 4, 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco CA.
Commissioned September 30, 1943
Decommissioned 1965

Vaughn




JD






You are completely forgetting there is an Arleigh Burke class The
Sullivans. DDG-68

My bad...only two, but DDG-68 is the correct hull number,
not DDG-668

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Wait until the Navy starts accepting commercial sponsors in order to
increase their budget. We could be looking at the USS Taco Bell some day.
Before you laugh, don't forget that local and state governments are already
renaming public sport and civic centers after commercial investors as a
source of income. Lets face it, nothing is sacred when it comes to money.

Fitz
"Bob" wrote in message
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Anybody else bothered by the naming of US aircraft carriers after
people who were still living at the time? I'm sure that Carl Vinson
(CVN-70) & John C. Stennis (CVN-74) did good thing but to have a
carrier named after them? I wish the US Navy would go back to naming
carriers after famous battles & ships. Would it not be great to have
in the fleet carriers again named USS Hornet, Lexington, Saratoga,
Oriskany. It would honor the sailors that served on these great ships.

"John Fitzpatrick" wrote in message

Wait until the Navy starts accepting commercial sponsors in order
to
increase their budget. We could be looking at the USS Taco Bell some day.
Before you laugh, don't forget that local and state governments are
already
renaming public sport and civic centers after commercial investors as a
source of income. Lets face it, nothing is sacred when it comes to money.

One of our local jurisdictions is putting into service police cars carrying
commercial advertisements.

I would guess bail bondsmen and defense lawyers might be very interested in
this concept.

Bill Kambic

If, by any act, error, or omission, I have, intentionally or
unintentionally, displayed any breedist, disciplinist, sexist, racist,
culturalist, nationalist, regionalist, localist, ageist, lookist, ableist,
sizeist, speciesist, intellectualist, socioeconomicist, ethnocentrist,
phallocentrist, heteropatriarchalist, or other violation of the rules of
political correctness, known or unknown, I am not sorry and I encourage you
to get over it.

Wait until the Navy starts accepting commercial sponsors in order to
increase their budget. We could be looking at the USS Taco Bell some day.
Before you laugh, don't forget that local and state governments are already
renaming public sport and civic centers after commercial investors as a
source of income. Lets face it, nothing is sacred when it comes to money.

A concept that may work well for getting the ship built, but that founders
(pun intended) if the ship is heavily damaged or sunk.

In the civilian world, consumer products companies weigh this risk all the
time when choosing their media. Think of the risk / reward trade-off for
plastering your brand's logo on a race car and you'll get the idea.

******

On a humorous note, would anyone in r.a.m.n. wish to contribute to a list of
ship classes with corresponding prospective commercial name sponsors?

For example:

Fleet oilers:
USS Chevron-Texaco, USS Valero, USS Arco, USS Beacon, USS Rotten Robbie,
etc.

(I think you get the idea.)

--
Mike Kanze

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

-Mark Twain


"John Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
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Wait until the Navy starts accepting commercial sponsors in order
to
increase their budget. We could be looking at the USS Taco Bell some day.
Before you laugh, don't forget that local and state governments are
already
renaming public sport and civic centers after commercial investors as a
source of income. Lets face it, nothing is sacred when it comes to money.

Fitz
"Bob" wrote in message
om...
Anybody else bothered by the naming of US aircraft carriers after
people who were still living at the time? I'm sure that Carl Vinson
(CVN-70) & John C. Stennis (CVN-74) did good thing but to have a
carrier named after them? I wish the US Navy would go back to naming
carriers after famous battles & ships. Would it not be great to have
in the fleet carriers again named USS Hornet, Lexington, Saratoga,
Oriskany. It would honor the sailors that served on these great ships.

"Mike Kanze" wrote in message
...
On a humorous note, would anyone in r.a.m.n. wish to contribute to a list
of
ship classes with corresponding prospective commercial name sponsors?

For example:

Fleet oilers:
USS Chevron-Texaco, USS Valero, USS Arco, USS Beacon, USS Rotten Robbie,
etc.

What about the composite squadrons that provide target services?

"Bubba's Skeet Shooting Emporium"

Jim,

In reality, I sorta recall that one of the WWII-era VU (utility) squadrons
had a patch with a stork or a pelican carrying an obviously well-used
diaper. The motto below this figure read, "We Haul All The Sh*t", or
somesuch.

--
Mike Kanze

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

-Mark Twain


"Jim Carriere" wrote in message
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"Mike Kanze" wrote in message
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On a humorous note, would anyone in r.a.m.n. wish to contribute to a
list
of
ship classes with corresponding prospective commercial name sponsors?

For example:

Fleet oilers:
USS Chevron-Texaco, USS Valero, USS Arco, USS Beacon, USS Rotten Robbie,
etc.

What about the composite squadrons that provide target services?

"Bubba's Skeet Shooting Emporium"