Comments on: A name for DDG 1002

By: Chuck Donnelly

Chuck Donnelly — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:18:06 +0000

John W. Finn, Medal of Honor (USN) google him!

By: @notpjorourke

@notpjorourke — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:14:19 +0000

USS Ernie Evans would get my vote, if I had one. I think we should name as many surface combatants after men who commanded them as possible. Let the politicians get the CVN names and SSN/SSBNs after their home states.

I firmly believe that this class should be a BB not DD considering their cost, capability & role, but again…no vote.

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The Scoop Deck – AH-1W Super Cobra links — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:26:37 +0000

[...] There’s a petition in the works these days for the Navy to name its next ship after the late Medal of Honor recipient Lt. John Finn — we hasten to point out that DDG 1002 is as yet unnamed… [...]

By: Terence W. Barrett

Terence W. Barrett — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:22:53 +0000

There is a debt yet to be paid to many of the U.S. Marine Medal of Honor recipients for their service in Vietnam, including Kenneth Lee Worley, Thomas Patrick Noonan, Jr., and Robert Emmett O’Malley. A ship like DDG 1002, bearing the name of Lance Corporal Kenneth Lee Worley, would be a fitting tribute to a young man who gave his life so comrades could return home from war. His name on a ship would bring his heroics into our Nation’s consciousness. Remembering his life and actions would also serve to inspire many who struggle with early life challenges.

By: Rosy Sage

Rosy Sage — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:27:46 +0000

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By: Bruce Salisbury

Bruce Salisbury — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:49:48 +0000

There is a request in the pipeline to SECNAV to name a ship for an Orphan Marine Medal Of Honor Recipient named LCpl Kenneth Lee Worley. He died in Combat in Vietnam in 1968 and was some three years later awarded the Medal.
To see his remarkable story just type his name into internet.
Yes! Lets have Ships named for heroes. We can have buildings, highways, bridges, parks and such named to honor our politicians.

By: Ron Savino

Ron Savino — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:43:11 +0000

How about two US Marines who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their service in Vietnam – Tommy Noonan and Robert O’Malley who was the first Marine in Vietnam to be awarded the Medal of Honor. It’s a shame these two heroes have not been honored by our nation and Naval service.

By: Hero

Hero — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:38:46 +0000

USS Robert Anson Heinlein!

By: philbob

philbob — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:18:35 +0000

Im for names honoring the veitnam war also

Khe Sahn anyone?

By: Spade

Spade — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:07 +0000

Well, since the Navy has decided to whore out the Carriers (and some subs) to the politicians, how about Ranger, Yorktown, Ticonderoga, Enterprise (since she’s going away), or any of the other classic names the Navy has but doesn’t seem to think mean anything anymore?

By: Eldon Chittenden

Eldon Chittenden — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:50:08 +0000

Ernest Evans would an appropriate name for the DDG1002.
Read The Last Stand of The Tincans.

By: philbob

philbob — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:38:01 +0000

I would like to contiue the pattern of naming it after men who fell in the global war on terror, like Michael Murphy, and Jason Dunham, and Michael Monsoor. I would personally like to see Ross A. McGinnis honored even though he was in the army.

By: Greg "Gunner" Stitz

Greg "Gunner" Stitz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:08:34 +0000

Gotta go with Robert Anson Heinlein. Visionary’s name for a visonary ship. Evans and Black would both be great names for DDG-51s…