United States ship naming conventions
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united-states-ship-naming-conventions-171-3745584
title:
United States ship naming conventions
text:
United States ship naming conventions for the U.S. Navy were established by congressional action at least as early as 1862. Title 13, section 1531, of the U.S. Code, enacted in that year, reads, in part, The vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy under direction of the President according to the following rule:
Sailing-vessels of the first class shall be named after the States of the Union, those of the second class after the rivers, those of the third class after the pr
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description:
Traditional naming patterns used by American naval ships
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions
date created:
2007-04-20T23:31:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T09:31:58Z
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