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To: Oatka

McCain is never at fault. LOL Crappy and named after a crappy man. What is new?


47 posted on 12/23/2019 9:54:36 AM PST by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up. Particularly Mutt Romney)
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To: dforest

Actually, the destroyer was named after Juan as an afterthought...was originally named after real heroes.

This warship was originally named after John S. McCain, Sr., and John S. McCain, Jr.,[2] both admirals in the United States Navy.

John S. McCain, Sr. commanded the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, and later the Fast Carrier Task Force during the latter stages of World War II. John S. McCain, Jr. commanded the submarines USS Gunnel and USS Dentuda during World War II. He subsequently held a number of posts, rising to Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command, before retiring in 1972.

These men were, respectively, the grandfather and father of Senator John S. McCain III.[4]

On 11 July 2018, just 1 1/2 months before John McCain passed away, at a rededication ceremony, Senator John McCain was added as a namesake, along with his father and grandfather.[5]


62 posted on 12/23/2019 11:16:01 AM PST by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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