I would be ashamed to serve aboard a boat bearing that name. I can just imagine the derision that the crew members will receive.
Most Sailors don't really give much thought to the namesake of their ship. I am sure that there were no race riots on the USS Richard B. Russell, although he was such a segregationist that it cost him a shot at the Presidency. That is not to say that there is not pride in your boat, but it is in what you can do, not what some dead (or not so dead) guy did.