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[CadetMahoney]

I just realized we may get a USS Donald Trump in the future.

USS B. Hussein Obama. >> USS Donald J. Trump.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I just realized we may get a USS Donald Trump in the future.

I think they only name Carriers after Presidents

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Odd to have a gun violence survivor name on a ship who's sole purpose is to fire huge guns at other humans.

Sometimes ya gotta fire guns in order to have peace.

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

Why, critics questioned, would he name a ship in honor of the late gay rights leader Harvey Milk or after former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords when there are plenty of military heroes to choose from?

Mabus has said he is honoring people who have shown heroism, just as past navy secretaries have done. He said he believes that by looking outside the military, at times, for heroes, he can help connect people with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Mabus is officially announcing five new ship names on visits to Mississippi and Massachusetts beginning Saturday. Among the group, a replenishment oiler will bear the name of abolitionist Sojourner Truth.

“I have named ships after presidents. I have named ships after members of Congress who have been forceful advocates for the Navy and Marine Corps,” Mabus said in a recent interview. “But I think you have to represent all the values that we hold as Americans, that we hold as a country. And so that’s why I’ve named ships the Medgar Evers, Cesar Chavez, John Lewis, the Harvey Milk. Because these are American heroes too, just in a different arena.”

https://apnews.com/22b0fa6575c941bb...ecretary-defends-his-unusual-picks-ship-names

 

[Dishwalla]

That soccer field in the back seems like a poor choice.

That's a helicopter landing pad.

 

[Brannon]

I just realized we may get a USS Donald Trump in the future.

I need you to not

 

[darkinstinct]

Should've been Boaty McBoatface. As all ships going forward.

 

[Escape Goat]

That would be bad luck and it would likely run ground and sink in its own.

In Russian waters.

Inb4 Ivanka class submarine

Lol

Equipped with state of the art Nasty Woman torpedos.

 

[KSweeley]

Here's a picture of the USS Gabrielle Giffords:

Link: http://www.navy.mil/view_imagex.asp?id=240140&t=1

GALVESTON, Texas (June 10, 2017) The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the Navy's newest littoral combat ship, was brought to life by her crew before a crowd of nearly 2,500 guests at Pier 21 at the Port of Galveston. In 2012 the Secretary of the Navy announced the future ship's name and USS Gabrielle Giffords became the 16th ship to be named for a woman and only the 13th ship to be named for a living person since 1850. The ship is commanded by Cmdr. Keith Woodley, a native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, who leads the core crew of 50 officers and enlisted personnel. The 3,200-ton Gabrielle Giffords was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. The ship is 421 feet in length, has a beam of 103 feet, and a navigational draft of 15 feet. The ship uses two gas turbine and two diesel engines to power four steerable waterjets to speeds in excess of 40 knots. USS Gabrielle Giffords will depart Galveston and begin her transit to her homeport at Naval Base San Diego.