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[Ol Paint]

1 hour ago, R011 said:

There's also only been two USN ships named for a foreign city:  The first USS Canberra CA-70 commissioned in 1943.  She was named in honour of HMAS Canberra lost at the Battle of Savo Island the year earlier.

The second of the same name is a Littoral Combat Ship commissioned last year.

USS Hue City, USS Fallujah, USS Monterey, USS St. Lo, USS Anzio, USS Tripoli, USS Port Royal...

Theoretically named for the battles in those locales, but then, strictly speaking, the USS Canberras were named in honor of the Australian ship, not directly for the city.

Doug

Edited January 22 by Ol Paint
Added USS Port Royal

[Ol Paint]

1 hour ago, Dawes said:

The USN had a couple SSBN's named USS Robert E. Lee and USS Stonewall Jackson. No way those would fly today.

We also had a cruiser named Chancellorsville until 2023. 

Doug

[Stuart Galbraith]

9 hours ago, shep854 said:

Then there was the USS Shangri-La (CV 38), named after a joke...

Yes, I always liked that one. Its a name that ought to make it back on a Carrier.

[Stuart Galbraith]

10 hours ago, R011 said:

There was an HMS Churchill, a WW2 Town Class destroyer supposedly named for a small town somewhere but everyone knew who she was really named for.  There was also a later SSN named for him.   Arthur Wellesley was nicknamed the Iron Duke for his service as Prim Minister, not for his military service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Churchill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Iron_Duke

Hmm. Not quite so sure about the second one, not least because three of the class (Benbow and Marlborough) were military leaders. Wellington became a Duke in 1815 before Waterloo.

I grant you the whole theory goes out the window with Emperor of India. I guess the RN wasnt always that consistent either.

Re Churchill, yeah fair one. Ive always believed the tank was named after him, even though it was ostensibly named for Marlborough.

[R011]

9 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Hmm. Not quite so sure about the second one, not least because three of the class (Benbow and Marlborough) were military leaders. Wellington became a Duke in 1815 before Waterloo.

I grant you the whole theory goes out the window with Emperor of India. I guess the RN wasnt always that consistent either.

Re Churchill, yeah fair one. Ive always believed the tank was named after him, even though it was ostensibly named for Marlborough.

But he wasn't the Iron Duke until after he became PM.  Apparently this was because he put up an iron fence to protect his house from protesters.

The RN has always named ship for royalty.  Generally, they aren't considered politicians, but your opinion may vary.

As for the tank being named for John Churchill, yeah sure it was, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

[Stuart Galbraith]

1 hour ago, R011 said:

But he wasn't the Iron Duke until after he became PM.  Apparently this was because he put up an iron fence to protect his house from protesters.

The RN has always named ship for royalty.  Generally, they aren't considered politicians, but your opinion may vary.

As for the tank being named for John Churchill, yeah sure it was, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Oh, is that how he got the name? That's hilarious 😂