Posted on 02/10/2012 12:18:59 PM PST by ColdOne
The Secretary of the Navy announced on Friday that a new littoral combat ship will be named after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
The announcement comes the same day that President Obama signed the last piece of legislation sponsored by Giffords, a bill aimed at reducing drug trafficking along the American borders with Canada and Mexico.
Giffords, who recently stepped down from office, was the target of a shooting rampage in early January 2011.
“The name this ship bears and the story represented by that name will inspire all those who come in contact with her,” said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at a naming ceremony at the Pentagon Friday.
Giffords appeared at the ceremony with her husband, former Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Roxanna Green, the mother of Christina Taylor-Green, the 9-year-old girl who was killed at the Giffords shooting last year.
Mabus said that Green would be the sponsor of the USS Gabrielle Giffords.
The ship named after Giffords is a littoral combat ship, a smaller ship designed for operations close to the shore. The USS Gabrielle Giffords is the Navy’s 10th LCS ship.
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I guess it does in Obamaland.
This is completely out of order and the sympathy factor has gotten way out of hand. This woman does not deserve to be honored in this manner.
A party of retards running this country today occasionally challenged by the stupid party.
Looks like a pretty bleak future to me.
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No, but half the Bridge and CIC are missing
I hope that the Navy Secretary realizes that when he orders the construction of the USS Moochelle Owebama its going to need to be one big-assed warship!
Hey let up folks ,the lady was shot in the head. It could be much worst it called be called the USS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or the USS Assad
Agreed.
If they start naming ships aftr brain damaged democrats, the Navy is going to need to triple their orders for boats.
This is just disgusting. So many brave heroes who could have been picked for this honor.
So no USS Hillary? (Well, she said she was shot at.)
Good thing...I'd hate to be a swabbie serving on "The Thunderthighs"...be some barfights over that one.
>>Maybe they oughta name the ship “it’s” in an(other futile) effort to teach the native speakers the difference between “it’s” and “its”?<<
Or the “Hot Shots!” ship named the S.S. Ess Ess.
Ships too. ;-)
As usual the left doesn’t realize when they’ve gone too far and the joke is on them...
Seriously what’s next? Renaming the airport in Tucson after her?
Why?
They were originally going to name it the “Rainbow Warrior”....
I just floated one in the toilet.
What was her great accomplishments?
Why do we name ships after living people anyway?
I’m really kind of surprised they haven’t named one USS Harvey Milk yet, but we all know it’s coming, it’s only a matter of time.
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