This is strictly an ass-kiss to hispanics. Political correctness at its most base. There are hispanics for whom the ship could have been named — if the purpose was to name a ship after an hispanic — but they were not union rabble rousers, so obviously they were not considered.
The coming 'Mob Rules' at its most base. This plan has been fomenting for some time.
Here is a Hispanic they could name a battleship for.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez
“This is strictly an ass-kiss to hispanics.”
Then I vote we call it Zorro instead.