Navy Ship Names

Download or read book Navy Ship Names written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Names for Navy ships are chosen in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time. There have been exceptions to the Navy¿s ship-naming rules, esp. for the purpose of naming a ship for a person when the rule for that type of ship would have called for it to be named for something else. Some observers in recent years have perceived a breakdown in, or corruption of, the rules for naming Navy ships. Contents of this report: (1) Authority for Naming Ships; Navy¿s Process for Selecting Names; Naming Rules for Ship Types; Ships Named for Living Persons; Public¿s Role in Naming Ships; Congress¿s Role in Naming Ships; (2) Activity in the 111th Cong.