Posted on 04/01/2022 5:59:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
March 31 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that it will name a future ship after the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in honor of her tenure on the nation’s highest court. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro made the announcement in a statement, saying her name with adorn a future John Lewis-class replenishment oiler.
“As we close out women’s history month, it is my absolute honor to name the next T-AO after the honorable Ruth Ginsburg. She is a historic figure who vigorously advocated for women’s rights and gender equality.”
The T-AO is a new class of replenishment oiler ships designed to replace the United States’ Henry J. Kaiser-class vessels with the Navy awarding a $3.2 billion contract to Genera Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego for the design and construction of the first ships of its new fleet.
Construction on these new ships began in September of 2018 with plans to produce 20 of these 742-foot-long vessels that can carry a load of 162,000 barrels of oil, according to the U.S. Navy.
The first three of these ships are currently under construction, with the christening of the first one named after the late civil rights activist and House Rep. John Lewis having occurred in July.
The Navy said its name selection for the John Lewis-class vessel follows a naming convention to honor civil and human rights activists, with the first eight to be named after Lewis, U.S. politician Harvey Milk, former California Gov. Earl Warren, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone, abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and now Ginsburg.
“As secretary of the Navy, it is my aim to ensure equality and eliminate gender discrimination across the Department of the Navy. Ginsburg is instrumental to why we now have women of all backgrounds, experiences and talents serving within our ranks, side by side with their male sailor and Marine counterparts,” said Del Toro, who also named Ginsburg’s daughter, Jane Ginsburg, as the ship’s sponsor.
I wonder if they will name any ship after Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia.
My wish is that nothing gets named after elected or appointed public officials.
So many comments to follow. Financed by Planned Parenthood?
It’s a tradition that goes back centuries for all navies..............
April Fools, right? This can’t be true.
I once joked years ago that the Navy would name a ship after Harvey Milk.
Well, here we are!
Well, RBG was always able to carry a load around
Useless insanity.
All ships should be named after sailors who died in combat or named after a sea battle or something patriotic. Not after an old commie hag.
It will list to the left in perpetuity.
The problem is the ship only steers left
I guess you could say, “It’s their navy and their ships, they can name them anything they like”.
Yeah, that makes sense. [/s]
Remember when they used to name ships after actual naval heroes?
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> My wish is that nothing gets named after elected or appointed public officials. <
Agreed. For some reason America tries to turn those folks into some sort of royalty.
When it comes to ships, name them after places or after famous battles. None of this USS Gerald Ford or USS Ginsburg stuff.
The Indian guy would have to wear a different costume in today’s world. Probably some sort of trans outfit
Might as well name it baby killer.
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