[FreeAtlanta]

I don’t have too much of a problem with it. I would rather ships be named after deceased heroes or great events in our history (battles, signing important documents like the declaration, etc.), but Giffords is better than naming it the Obama or Clinton.

Really, naming buildings, roads, bridges, ships or anything after living people is distasteful. The exception being the USS Reagan (because Regan the Magnificent’s alzheimer’s had progressed so far and had no chance of being cured).

JMHO

FreeAtlanta

[LibFreeUSA]

Don’t worry, up next will be the USS Warren Buffett.

[tanknetter]

Really, naming buildings, roads, bridges, ships or anything after living people is distasteful.

To a certain extent, this all harkens back to the earliest days of the Republic, when men like George Washington, John Adams and even John Hancock had USN ships (so USS prefix) named after them while they were still alive. IIRC John Adams actually had TWO ships named for him (USS John Adams and USS Adams) that were in commission at the same time - and while he was alive.

I don't think that Giffords rates a ship named after her. And to be blunt, I really don't like the disjointed naming convention for the two LCS classes. Started out with Freedom and Independence, then shifted to medium-sized city names and now to people. I'd rather that they kept to the original convention - would be neat to have a "Liberty" or an "Intrepid" (ok, know that's a traditional CV name - maybe it'll end up hung on one of the America-class LHAs) back in the fleet.