Report to Congress on Navy Ship Names June 27, 2024 7:36 AM The following the June 26, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…
Report to Congress on Navy Ship Names February 28, 2024 10:18 AM The following is the Feb. 27, 2024, Congressional Research Service Report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…
UPDATED: Commission Recommends Renaming Two Navy Ships with Confederate Ties September 13, 2022 4:34 PM - Updated: September 13, 2022 6:18 PM This post has been updated with additional details. Two Navy ships christened with names tied to the Confederacy should be…
Military Naming Commission Report on U.S. Military Academies August 30, 2022 9:37 AM The following is the Aug. 29, 2022, report from the Naming Commission on recommended changes to the U.S. Military Academy…
Naming Commission Still Undecided How To Handle Ships with Confederate Ties September 30, 2021 8:20 PM A commission tasked with identifying military assets with names tied to the Confederacy has not yet visited two ships that…
Document: U.S. Navy Battle Force Classification, Counting Guide July 13, 2016 8:49 AM - Updated: July 13, 2016 9:27 AM The following is the U.S. Navy General Guidance for the Classification of Naval Vessels and Battle Force Ship Counting Procedures, issued…
SECNAV Names Next Two Destroyers May 24, 2013 7:56 AM - Updated: May 24, 2013 11:58 AM The Navy said it would name its next two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers after a former U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye…
Twenty Six US Navy Ship Naming Controversies April 23, 2013 12:22 PM - Updated: November 5, 2017 7:48 PM In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the U.S. Navy had no formal procedure for naming ships. It wasn’t…
Senate Wants a ‘USS Ted Stevens’ March 15, 2013 8:18 AM The U.S. Senate has included a provision in the latest appropriations bill to name a warship after Ted Stevens, the…