Posted on 08/21/2015 3:58:45 PM PDT by markomalley
Giffords on Hand as Navy Christens Namesake Vessel. The USS Gabrielle Giffords, christened in June 2015, a 419-foot ship built in Alabama, is the Navy’s 10th littoral combat ship, designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast. “The Democrat left Congress and later founded an organization that supports gun control,” according to the Navy Times. The ship was named after her because of “characteristics she exemplified after the attack,” according to unnamed officials, per the Navy Times.
In an affront to every American who cherishes the Second Amendment, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been used to name a new Navy warship. Her main claim to fame — surviving an assault by a psychotic homicidal murderer — has been amplified by becoming the poster child for every anti-rights gun-control scheme cooked up by the usual suspects and money-backing enemies of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Whether she actually supports these things as a former gun owner and moderate Second Amendment supporter, or is being used by handlers in her weakened post-assault condition, is unclear. Close unregulated contact or interviews with her is not allowed.
The idea that the Navy would use such a polarizing and politically incorrect partisan person to name a new boat reflects changes in the Navy that have concerned long-time military personnel for many years. Giffords’ husband is a former naval officer. Whether he had anything to do with the naming decision was unknown at press time, though it’s hard to imagine how the decorated former astronaut could actually be excluded from the process, if not key to it happening. Any attempt to find out would serve no functional purpose at this time, since the deed is done. Anyone with details is free to contact us.
The U.S. military has been downsized, softened, feminized (in the negative sense, lowered standards, etc.) and weakened in numerous ways, dramatically so with activities under Bill “Slick Willie” Clinton (“the name you know,” whose wife seeks re-entry to the White House) including disarming base guards, which has facilitated attacks on soldiers on bases domestically. In most cases, local police have to be called in to protect soldiers, a frightening prospect according to some observers. Pundits have surprisingly called this routine and proper.
“What’s next,” asked one military man, who asked not to be identified, for fear of reprisals, “The U.S.S. Sarah Brady?” No one would be surprised by that, he opined, though it would be an ultimate insult, and he suggested the “news” media would welcome the move.
Anti-Gun-Rights Activist Gets Navy GunBoat [U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords]
The way things are going, the U.S.S. Charlie Manson wouldn’t be out of the realm.
Okay, I have (yet another) dumb question.
The USN has ordered 20 LCS, including 100 of this particular design. They appear to be lightly armed and lightly armored.
What exactly does the Navy plan to do with these?
Probably designed to escort the USS Cesar Chavez running taxpayer dollars to Havana.
Or at the least the USS George Jackson.
I can only assume that it is totally unarmed...???
Would you prefer a USS Arnold G. Schwarzenegger?
This is from Wikepedia (seriously):
"A report in 2010 by the Pentagon's director of Operational Test and Evaluation found that neither design was expected to "be survivable in a hostile combat environment" and that neither ship could withstand the Navy's full ship shock trials.[12] The Navy responded that the LCS is built to a Level 1+ survivability standard and that the ships will rely on warnings from networks and speed to avoid being hit, or if hit be able to limp to safety.[13][14] Jonathan Greenert said that the crew would "conduct an orderly abandon ship" if their ship was struck by enemy fire, an action that might not be necessary on other vessels in the same circumstances. The ships were designed to minimize vulnerability with modern automated damage control systems to perform its mission, then withdraw from the area under its own power.[15]"
We should stop naming vessels after people, certainly live ones.
Crew them with lesbians so they may practice their littoral combat skills.
Haul illegal immigrants into the Country.
Active Duty ping.
Like the F-35, these ships are nothing more than another shameful defense contractor boondoggle and sop to the various PC factions who have always wanted to emasculate the military. They are floating deathtraps for their crews.
If they ever come up against Chinese "Sunburn" anti-ship missiles or super-cavitating torpedoes they won't be "conducting an orderly abandon ship" or limping back to port; they'll be littering the bottom of the sea.
Wait till Obama names the next one “The Jenner” and see how that one Sinks in.
The general design is derived from a trimaran ocean going ferry which accomodates 1300 passengers plus tvehicles.
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