Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. Updated January 6, 2012.

Accession Number

ADA559822

Publication Date

Jan 2012

Media Count

27p

Personal Author

R. O'Rourke

Abstract

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and 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, particularly 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.

Keywords

Aircraft carriers
Background
Naval vessels
President(United states)
Ships


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Source Agency

Non Paid ADAS

NTIS Subject Category

47A - Marine Engineering
74 - Military Sciences

Corporate Author

Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC.

Document Type

Technical report

Title Note

Congressional rept.

NTIS Issue Number

1220

Contract Number

N/A

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