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To: txnativegop

Yes, it’s pretty common, and in some cases more than twice. USS FARRAGUT (DDG 99), is the 5th ship to bear the name of the US Navy’s first Admiral, David Glasgow Farragut.

It is a significant break from tradition to name a CVN after an Enlisted man.


14 posted on 01/17/2020 11:48:54 PM PST by ETCM
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To: ETCM

That was my next question


21 posted on 01/18/2020 12:05:02 AM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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