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To paraphrase Rickover, flowers don't vote, so "A" will probably be the more realistic choice.

I was always under the belief that ships and other federal property were named after people in order to honor their memory. Since honoring memories implies that the person being memorialized is dead, none of the examples given should be used now, regardless of how deserving they may be.

There are thousands of USN and USMC Medal of Honor winners, many historical ships, and dozens of battles which would be more appropriate. Why isn't there a current destroyer or frigate named for John Paul Jones or Oliver Hazard Perry? How about a Smedley Butler (neglect his rather extreme politics) or Lewis B "Chesty" Puller? John Adams, the first US Secretary of Navy? Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy during the Civil War?

With the possible exception of MoH winners, I would prefer that no property of the US government be named after any person before the 25th anniversary of their death. This would have meant no JFK before 22 Nov 1988, no Gerald Ford until after 26 Dec 2031, and no George HW Bush for quite a few years (ex President Bush is about 84; I wish him many more years of good health).

blark18 wrote:

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there is a john paul jones its DDG-53

Thanks; I should have done some searching.