USN Ship Naming Report - USNI News

After the Department of the Navy sparked controversy for naming ships after Representative Gabrielle Giffords and labor leader Cesar Chavez Congress required the Department of Defense to create a report on U.S. Navy ship naming conventions.
Here’s is the report, which was released on July, 13 2012.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/124152475/USN-Ship-Naming-Report

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