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01-11-09, 08:09 AM | #16 | |
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01-11-09, 10:29 AM | #18 |
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Ok, but to an outsider the political affiliation of the US Navy is quite obvious:
1 active carrier named after democratic president, another one for a democratic senator (2 others allready decommissioned) 1 SSN named for democratic president (which makes kind of sense as he was a nuke officer). 5 carriers named for republican presidents, another future carrier named for one of the shortest serving presidents of all time. Three of those republican carriers were named after living people by the time the name was chosen, as was John C. Stennis (dem.) But I've got to wonder what exactly did Ford do to get a carrier named after him? I can understand Reagan (he won the cold war) and Bush (Gulf war I) but why Ford? Why not use the traditional carrier names not taken over by LPDs (Ranger II), or why no Franklin D. Roosevelt II or a USS Ulysses S. Grant or Thomas Jefferson or so? Generally I think naming ships after living people is a bad habit.
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01-11-09, 10:39 AM | #19 | |
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Gerald Ford's service career... 14 JUL 1913 Born in Omaha, Nebraska 13 APR 1942 Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve 20 APR 1942 Reported for active duty 2 JUN 1942 Lieutenant (junior grade) 1 MAR 1943 Lieutenant 3 OCT 1945 Lieutenant Commander 23 FEB 1946 Released from active duty under honorable conditions 28 JUN 1963 Honorably discharged from U.S. Naval Reserve SHIPS AND STATIONS U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (Instruction) Apr. 1942 - May 1942 U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, NC May 1942 - May 1943 (Instructor) New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ May 1943 - Jun. 1943 (CFO USS Monterey (CVL-26)) USS Monterey (CVL-26) (Asst. Navigator) Jun. 1943 - Dec. 1944 Navy Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's College, Dec. 1944 - Apr. 1945 CA (Athletic Dept.) Staff, Naval Reserve Training Command, NAS, Apr. 1945 - Jan. 1946 Glenview, IL (Staff, Physical and Military Training Officer) U.S. Naval Officer, Separation Center, Great Jan. 1946 - Feb. 1946 Lakes, IL (Separation Processing)
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01-12-09, 03:33 AM | #20 | |
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01-13-09, 02:00 PM | #21 |
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I hate that we're naming the carriers after presidents and admirals and politicans to begin with.
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01-13-09, 07:58 PM | #22 |
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Why so? I can understand not liking the politicians but countless navies use admirals and generals. *Cough* Bismarck
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01-13-09, 09:39 PM | #23 |
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I miss the old USN naming convention. At least it was mostly consistent.
* Battleships, by law, were named for federal states, except for USS Kearsarge (BB-5) * Battlecruisers under the 1916 program were to receive names of famous ships, or land battles. When cancelled under the Washington Naval Treaty, two were converted to aircraft carriers, and this became the standard for them. * Cruisers, both light and heavy, were named for cities in the United States and Territories, with the exception of USS Canberra. * Destroyers, and similar escorts, were named for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard heroes. * Submarines were either given a class letter and number, as in S class submarine, or the names of fish, marine mammals and crustaceans. * Oilers were named for rivers and colliers named for mythical figures. * Frigates (enlarged destroyers reclassified as cruisers) were named after naval heroes. * The first forty-one nuclear ballistic missile submarines (called "boomers") were named after historical statesmen considered "Great Americans." * Minesweepers were named for birds. The current system is just a messy hodgepodge. |
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