New USS Arizona

That's very good news. Thanks for the post.

I'm kind of torn between....

I was always under the impression she was still a comissioned ship....I know she used to be even well after the war.

That's a common thought, but she was decommissioned on December 29, 1941. She was struck from the Register on December 1, 1942. Her status since then is "Memorial Wreck".

The Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship in the world. Then the USN jumps to the late 20th Century. The Ohio and Los Angeles classes are among the oldest currently commissioned and active USN ships.

EDIT: submarines on eternal patrol are also still commissioned. Maybe not all of them.

Thanks GM.  The day hasn't been a total loss.  Learned something new.

You would kinda think they would retire the name, like sports teams retire numbers.

That one especially.

Oklahoma was raised and scrapped so it would be open for another ship to be so named.

Until this class came along, only the Ohio "boomers" were named after the states once they quit building BB's.

modelcrazy

You would kinda think they would retire the name, like sports teams retire numbers.

 

I could see that, but it also raises other issues, like why retire Arizona and not Indianapolis or if also Indianapolis, then why not Franklin etc. At some point some loss will be slighted.

There is also a certain amount of prestige for cities and states having a vessel named for them and retiring a locality will again receive some push back.

Many ships have been named to commemorate naval battles (USS Coral Sea), heroic figures (USS Fletcher), and tragedies (USS The Sullivans). Ships like the Arizona and Indianapolis qualify for naval naming conventions under both their place name and the fate of the prior ships carrying the name.

I do agree that any ship being named for a predesessor involved in significant action and / or loss of crew should remember the history and I think the US Navy is pretty good about that.