So I did a little looking. The other 9 ships are all named after cities. Then they want to name this one after Murtha. I would be very, very unhappy if I were a combat Marine and wound up on this ship.
You can use it to "redeploy." You know, to rapidly move away from a combat area to somewhere there is no combat happening. See also: retreat.
Whether you like him or not (and I loathe him) the bottom line is that Murtha has undoubtedly many supporters who will be happy for the honor. And like it or not, such things help the Navy when it comes to funding time. If naming the ship after Murtha helps the U.S. Navy during appropriations time, then so be it.
They were going to name it the USS Ted Kennedy, but they were afraid it would hit a bridge every time it came into port.
Then they must be naming it for some other Murtha because that scumbag Congressman doesn't deserve such an honor.
They should rename a SINKEX vessel after that treasonous motherfucker, if they feel the need to stick his disgraceful name on some seagoing steel.
Naming a ship after a politician is like naming a hospital after a rapist. I'll be so happy when our government collapses and those sons of bitches are hung drawn and quartered.
I thought Ted's problem was missing the bridge. I don't known why they would be afraid of the U.S.S. Ted Kennedy hitting a bridge anyway. It it did it would never be reported....
I'm sick of seeing Navy combatants named after people, period. With the exception of a few select sea service heroes like Lt. Michael P. Murphy, the Navy Seal who led Marcus Lutrell's team in Afghanistan and earned the CMH, ships should be named after cities, states, places, battles, etc. Not presidents, senators, congressmen, and cabinet members. Among who perhaps 1 in 10,000 or so would actually rate the honor.
That all started when the Navy realized that naming ships after Congressmen or their districts results in new ships. Who was it that commented on naming new subs after cties and states that, "fish don't vote on appropriations"? I wish they would go back to the WW2 naming conventions: Carriers: Famous US warships or battles Cruisers: cities Destroyers: Navy and Marine heroes Attack subs: Fish Ballistic subs: Name them after the states Support ships: Everything from mythology to rocks to stars to everything under the sun
Admiral Rickover When commenting about the naming convention (cities) adopted for the 688s (Los Angeles class). He must have been right given that the Los Angeles class went on to be the most numerous U.S. SSN (and most numerous class of nuclear powered vessel) ever built.
At least they had the decency to wait until the politician was dead before they named something after him. The trend lately is to start naming roads, bridges, whatnot after them while they're still alive and, in some cases, still in office. Makes me want to "vote from the rooftops" if any of you have seen that picture...
