New Fast-Attack Nuclear Submarines to be Named Arizona and Oklahoma

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Personally I’d rather see another USS Tang or USS Harder, or a number of submarines that should have their name on another boat.

But Adm Rickover called it when he said, “Fish don’t vote”.


Bob
ET1(SS)
 
Disrespectful! There are still many serving on the Arizona!

Although I’m opposed to using the name, it is for other reasons. Naming another ship Arizona is quite an honour, since there are less ships in the US Navy now, than when it sank. BB39 Arizona is a memorial not a Naval vessel, as it was decommissioned in the same month it sank.

Commissioning another Arizona is a tribute to her and her men, not disrespect.



Bob
 
Although I’m opposed to using the name, it is for other reasons. Naming another ship Arizona is quite an honour, since there are less ships in the US Navy now, than when it sank. BB39 Arizona is a memorial not a Naval vessel, as it was decommissioned in the same month it sank.

Commissioning another Arizona is a tribute to her and her men, not disrespect.



Bob
It cheapens the sacrifice, may as well drag the concrete to shore and scrap the remains.
 
It can also be viewed as the US Navy FINALLY recognizing that submarines are the new battleship. Everyone knows there are only to types of ships in the Navy... Submarines and targets. :stirpot:
Or so say the bubble heads.
If that were the thinking then the should be boomers not fast attacks.
 
My first submarine was the USS Grayling (SSN 646). The previous USS Grayling (SS 209) was lost during WWII, rammed by a Japanese ship.

It is not uncommon to honor previously lost ships in this way. No disrespect is intended, it is meant to honor the memory of the ship.
 

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