Ship Names

[Mary, Proud Mom of Nick]

CVN-75 is named after Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States of America (1945-1953).

Among President Truman's accomplishments were ending World War II; providing economic aid and assistance to devastated postwar European countries through the Marshall Plan; promising American support of free nations against direct and indirect Communist aggression under the Truman Doctrine; and establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Note: Several people have pointed out that President Truman did not have a middle initial; therefore the "S" in "Harry S Truman" should not have a period following. Please refer to "Use of the Period After the 'S' in Harry S. Truman's name" for an explanation of this controversy. As for the ship's name it does have, correctly or not, a period following the "S."

[CCR]

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100108_Battleship_Missouri_back_...

Story on Old Mo that was shared with me. This is a huge historical event!

[CCR]

USS CONSTITUTION

WAUKEE, Iowa (NNS) -- Sailors from USS Constitution gave a naval history presentation to more than 450 students at Prairieview Middle School in Waukee, Iowa, April 22.

Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Savage, executive officer of USS Constitution, Boatswain's Mate 1st Class (SW) Laura Worden, Culinary Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Rob Rademaker, Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Airmen Dylan Roberts and Fireman Esteban Quintero taught students about Constitution's 212 years of history. The event happened as part of Navy Week Des Moines, April 19-24.

"It was fun," said Rademaker. "The students seemed to really enjoy us being there."

Sailors talked about Constitution's construction, one of her most famous battles during the War of 1812 with HMS Guerriere and her status today.

"It was really interesting to learn the different facts about the ship that we didn't learn before, like how the ship came to be," said Gabby Magee, an eighth-grade student at Prairieview Middle School.

Sailors assigned to Constitution undergo 20 weeks of naval history training, along with additional weekly training. Due to their extensive knowledge, Savage, a Waukee native, specifically requested his Sailors provide naval history presentations at local schools during Navy Week Des Moines. Ultimately they gave six presentations at four different schools.

The primary purpose of Navy Week is to increase Navy awareness by showcasing the Navy to Americans who live in cities that normally do not have a significant naval presence. Des Moines Navy Week showcases the mission, capabilities and achievements of the United States Navy and provides residents the opportunity to meet Sailors firsthand.

USS Constitution is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. She's is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat and welcomes more than 500,000 visitors a year.


For more news from USS Constitution, visit www.navy.mil/local/constitution/.

[Vickyrun]

http://www.history.navy.mil/special%20highlights/women/ship-list1.htm

US Navy Ships Named after Women

• Pocahontas (YT-266), a harbor tug commissioned in 1942 and named for Pocahontas.
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• Sacagawea (YT-326) (later designation of YTM-326), a harbor tug that served in Charleston harbor from 1942 to 1945.
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• Watseka (YT-387), a 1944 harbor tug named for a Potawatomi woman.
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• USS Higbee (DD-806), 1945 a Gearing-class destroyer named for Lenah S. Higbee, Superintendent of Navy Nurse Corps 1911-1922, Higbee served in Fast Carrier Force. She was the first ship laid down, christened, and commissioned for a woman who had served in the U.S. Navy, and the first to see combat so named.
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• USS Hopper (DDG-70), 1996. Built and commissioned at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is named for RADM Grace Murray Hopper, a computer technology pioneer who led the Navy into the digital age.
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• USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is explicitly named for both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt
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• USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) was announced in 2000. She is the second of a new class of replenishment ships.
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• USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65), an oceanographic survey ship, was launched in October 2000 and is still active as of 2005. She was named for Commander Mary Sears.
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• USS Anna B. Smith (ID-1458)
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• USS Bella (ID-2211)
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• USS Annie B. Embry (ID-2401)
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• USS Luella (ID-2691)
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• USS Sara Thompson (ID-3148) later reclassified AO-8
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• USNS AMELIA EARHART (T-AKE 6)