No.
Let’s all go hang banners from the Iwo Jima memorial or lead a flotilla over the USS Arizona.
We have the parks and national mall for those things.
I think you’re missing the point - they want to use the park where the ship is housed and not the ship itself.
I am in sympathy with your sentiments; however, it seems to me wholly appropriate to express fervent patriotism at the memorials to our greatest patriots.