[jerseyman]

Well, the Battle of Chancellorsville was a Confederate victory, so I guess some people have a problem with that ship name.

The other ship mentioned in the article was the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis,who was a segregationist. I have to say, I don’t understand how he got a carrier named after him. Since the 1970s they named carriers after Presidents or Navy heroes. Stennis was neither of those.

[Repeal The 17th]

“Since the 1970s they named carriers after Presidents or Navy heroes. Stennis was neither of those.”
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See: CVN70 USS Carl Vinson
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[John S Mosby]

John Stennis (D-MS) was Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee for a number of years and a powerful advocate for the US Navy, and strong military. Chairman from 1969-1981.

Chancellorsville is the name of a town/community in VA- home state to the US’s largest naval base also the largest naval base in the world— Naval Station Norfolk.

[jeffersondem]

“The other ship mentioned in the article was the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, who was a segregationist. I have to say, I don't understand how he got a carrier named after him.”

Stennis was honored in this way because as chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee he did more than any other single person to fund the building and maintaining of the U.S military over a couple of generations. At that time a strong military was viewed as a positive.

Remember: Abraham Lincoln was a segregationist, or at least a white supremacist.