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In reply to the discussion: HoF = June 17, 1873 [View all]

James48

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6. Unlikely that any new ship will be named after her.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 01:44 PM
Jun 2014

She likely won't have an aircraft carrier named after her, as she already had a U.S. Navy ship that carried her name, which was sunk in combat. General naval policy (but not a hard-fast rule) is that it is o.k. to rename a later ship the same name as an earlier ship, but not if it was lost in combat. The only exception to that rule, that I know of, is the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35, sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II), was also a U.S. Nuclear Submarine, (SSN 697, U.S.S. Indianapolis, (1980-1998)) and is to be the name of a new littoral combat ship.

Yes, it is done from time to time, but in this case, I doubt we'll see any more ships- especially any carrier, named for her.

The first U.S.S. Susan B. Anthony was launched in 1930, and sunk on June 7, 1944, off the coast of France, during D-Day operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Susan_B._Anthony_(AP-72)

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seabeyond says. wow. good for her. da woman. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #1
SBA did not suffer fools. She is a hero of mine....n/t monmouth3 Jun 2014 #2
And now she's on a dollar! progressoid Jun 2014 #3
well Rafale Jun 2014 #4
And mine smallcat88 Jun 2014 #5
Unlikely that any new ship will be named after her. James48 Jun 2014 #6
That is simply not true whopis01 Jun 2014 #7
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