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Amen,,,, tired of naming them after politicians. We need to return to naming them after revolutionary war battles. Screw these politicians.

31 posted on 02/01/2011 7:12:04 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)

Amen,,,, tired of naming them after politicians.

I hate that we name them after politicians.

Amen,,,, tired of naming them after politicians. We need to return to naming them after revolutionary war battles. Screw these politicians.

We do name ships after battles, just not carriers. Currently, Ticonderoga class cruisers are named after battles.

Of course, the last one was commissioned in 1994 and the first five (which were somewhat obsolete due to their older twin-arm launchers) have been decommissioned. They could start naming carriers after battles again, especially since one of the decommissioned Ticonderogas was Yorktown, a name that obviously has an important carrier heritage.

74 posted on 02/01/2011 5:25:27 PM PST by The Pack Knight (Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)