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Libertas:
The run of LCS's named after US cities has been broken...

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Feb. 10 that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10).

The selection of Gabrielle Giffords, designated LCS 10, honors the former congresswoman from Tucson, Ariz. who is known for supporting the military and veterans, advocating for renewable energy    ::facepalm::  and championing border security. Giffords recently resigned from Congress to recover from wounds she sustained in an assassination attempt in 2011.


http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=65287

Pandora:
*sigh*  Really.

Libertas:
Ya, really.

But, they named a sub after Jimmuh a couple decades ago too, so...

(sigh)

Sectionhand:

--- Quote from: Libertas on February 13, 2012, 08:22:39 AM ---Ya, really.

But, they named a sub after Jimmuh a couple decades ago too, so...

(sigh)

--- End quote ---

U.S.S. Blowfish ?

Weisshaupt:

--- Quote ---A littoral combat ship (LCS) is a type of relatively small surface vessel intended for operations in the littoral zone (close to shore). It is "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals."[1] Two ship classes are the first examples of the LCS in the U.S. Navy: the Freedom-class and the Independence-class. LCS designs are slightly smaller than the US Navy's guided missile frigates, and have been likened to corvettes of other navies. However, the LCS designs add the capabilities of a small assault transport with a flight deck and hangar large enough to base two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, the capability to recover and launch small boats from a stern ramp, and enough cargo volume and payload to deliver a small assault force with armoured fighting vehicles to a roll-on/roll-off port facility. The standard armament for the LCS is Mk 110 57 mm guns. It will also be able to launch autonomous air, surface, and underwater vehicles.[2] Although the LCS designs offer less air defense and surface-to-surface capabilities than comparable destroyers, the LCS concept emphasizes speed, flexible mission module space and a shallow draft.
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So she is being named after a ship that gets quite easily out of her depth,  can't wander far from familiar subjects, is shallow by design, and is largely empty on the inside, requiring others to be made  in any way remotely useful.  Yep, thats a Democrat.



--- Quote from: Libertas on February 13, 2012, 08:22:39 AM ---Ya, really.

But, they named a sub after Jimmuh a couple decades ago too, so...

(sigh)

--- End quote ---

It goes witout saying that anything designed to sink should be named after a Democrat.

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