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Navy ship christened for Giffords, wounded in 2011 shooting
KATV.COM ^ | 13 JUNE 2015 | AP

Posted on 06/13/2015 5:52:32 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords of Arizona had a Navy vessel named in her honor during a ceremony at a Mobile, Alabama, shipyard Saturday afternoon.

Giffords joined others including Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, as the USS Gabrielle Giffords was christened in coastal Alabama. The 419-foot ship was built at the Austal shipyard and is the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast.

Giffords was badly wounded in a 2011 shooting that left six dead and 13 injured in Tucson. The Democrat left Congress and later founded an organization that supports gun control.

"In congress I was proud to support our armed forces. I love the Navy - I even married a sailor," Giffords said as she kissed her husband Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut who stood by as she addressed the crowd. "Thank you to all who built this ship. She's stealthy; she will defend freedom around the world."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: giffords
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator

To: central_va

. . . was that on purpose?


22 posted on 06/13/2015 6:21:05 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: jazusamo

The sad thing is that I’ll bet it was the best name on the approved list.


24 posted on 06/13/2015 6:23:27 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Do they have any evil guns aboard?


25 posted on 06/13/2015 6:23:28 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

There are naming conventions to be followed.
Except, when they are not.

Littoral combat ships (LCS) are named for regionally-important U.S. cities and communities.[4] (except for the lead ship of the first two classes for this type, USS Freedom (LCS-1) and USS Independence (LCS-2), and the USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10), named for a congresswoman.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions


26 posted on 06/13/2015 6:26:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

pathetic


27 posted on 06/13/2015 6:26:53 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Does it have guns? If so, she probably doesn’t approve.


28 posted on 06/13/2015 6:27:11 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I hope the Navy Ship has recovered from its wounds.


29 posted on 06/13/2015 6:29:00 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Ok, having a small underarmed Littoral combat ship named after a luny gun control lib is fine, but the next Ford Class nuclear powered aircraft carrier I want named the USS Ted Nugent.


30 posted on 06/13/2015 6:31:43 PM PDT by Wildbill22 (They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
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To: Wildbill22

USS Chris Kyle


31 posted on 06/13/2015 6:33:23 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BradyLS

There better be a CVA named Enterprise in the works.

And the tradition of naming them after Presidents can be suspended after the GHWB.


32 posted on 06/13/2015 6:36:26 PM PDT by alpo (Legal disclaimer: Nothing in ths post is related to firearms.)
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To: naturalman1975
But I think one massive problem in modern politics is a failure to respect everything about our opponents, just because we have real disagreements with them on some issues

Spot on.

33 posted on 06/13/2015 6:37:29 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: alpo
There better be a CVA named Enterprise in the works.

That's too much to hope for. We'll probably get a drone carrier called the Galactica or Pegasus at this rate!

34 posted on 06/13/2015 6:42:17 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

It’s not a battleship.


35 posted on 06/13/2015 6:46:17 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The so-called Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group.)
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To: BradyLS

I like when we named our capital ships after great battles. Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Coral Sea.


36 posted on 06/13/2015 6:46:26 PM PDT by Wildbill22 (They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Navy ship christened for Giffords...

I am ashamed.

37 posted on 06/13/2015 7:08:53 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: Still Thinking

The ship (Little Crappy Ship) has a pea shooter on the bow and two 30MM athwart the Bridge. A well aimed RPG would sink this white elephant.


38 posted on 06/13/2015 7:15:54 PM PDT by batterycommander (and former Midshipman - a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Disgusting beyond words. I despise this woman and her handlers. As an Arizonan who visited the scene later that day, I was stunned to hear that Giffords not only declined an offer of armed officer protection from the Tucson P.D., but also from the Pima County Sheriff as well. She left her constituents and visitors as sitting ducks at her outdoor town hall in front of a Safeway.


39 posted on 06/13/2015 7:19:34 PM PDT by montag813 (Pray for Israel)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

What’s next, naming a Submarine after Ted Kennedy?

I’ve got it, The USS Oldsmobile.


40 posted on 06/13/2015 7:20:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary, because it's time for a POTUS without a SCROTUS...)
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