Why no WWII carrier USS Trenton?

[Ranchoth]

@David42

Now if you overlooked Trenton in your story, we’re gonna have to hang you out to dry.

JK

I, uh, did get “Taku Forts.” That count for anything?

[David42]

@Ranchoth

I, uh, did get “Taku Forts.” That count for anything?

We’ll let you off the hook on a theory that although Trenton may have been small, it was NOT minor in its effect and repercussions. The war may have ended soon thereafter if Trenton had not roused the spirits of the troops and the people, therefore Trenton was not minor.

Either that or we’ll give you a chance for a rewrite to correct this OBVIOUS problem.

[mac_bolan00]

if so, then why isn’t/wasn’t there a carrier named uss constitution?

[cerberus]

Because the original USS Constitution is still in service. They tried to move the name, but it did not stick.

[mac_bolan00]

good on you mate. what do you mean “move” and “did not stick?”

[paperbackwriter]

In 1917, the USS Constitution was renamed USS Old Constitution so that the name could be “freed up” for a new class of planned battlecruisers, one of which would by the (new) USS Constitution. The entire class was canceled as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty, however, and building on the new Constitution ended when she was only 13.4% complete. After that hull was scrapped, the name of the frigate reverted to her original one and it is extremely unlikely that there will ever be a movement to try something like that again.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Maybe they’ll just name the next one USS Amendment.

[David42]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

Maybe they’ll just name the next one USS Amendment.

Or U.S.S. Suspended-for-the-NWO.

[Sailboat]

@Sailboat

Well, how many carriers are named for battles in other wars? There were a couple of late WWII carriers named after earlier WWII battles, like Coral Sea and Midway. But generally there were more Civil War battles and WWII battles than Revolutionary battles, and they don’t seem as well represented by carrier names…not sure I can even think of a carrier named after a Civil War battle.

Ah, no wonder I couldn’t think of Antietam as a WWII carrier:

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Antietam was commissioned in January 1945, too late to actively serve in World War II.
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@ElvisL1ves

Maybe because every American victory in the Civil War was also an American loss.

Except Antietam?

[Elmer_J.Fudd]

There have been plenty of USN ships named after Civil War battles: USS Gettysburg, USNS Bull Run, USS Mobile Bay, USS Shiloh, and several more.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

The USS Constitution was also honored during the Civil War with a quasi-namesake: USS New Ironsides - Wikipedia

@Elmer_J.Fudd

There have been plenty of USN ships named after Civil War battles: USS Gettysburg, USNS Bull Run, USS Mobile Bay, USS Shiloh, and several more.

Indeed there have been, and are: http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/articles/naval/todays_navy.htm

[David42]

@Elmer_J.Fudd

There have been plenty of USN ships named after Civil War battles: USS Gettysburg, USNS Bull Run, USS Mobile Bay, USS Shiloh, and several more.

But no carriers, excepting Antietam.

[Damfino]

@Little_Nemo

Isn’t there a tradition that it’s bad luck to rename a ship? A superstition but not something you’d want to do unnecessarily to a naval crew during a war.

Yes, it’s something I read in C.S. Forester. Many French ships captured during the Napoleonic Wars retained their names.

Example : The Fighting Temeraire

[mlees]

Some ships were renamed while still in active service to free up their names for new construction.

This class: Pennsylvania Class armored cruisers, for example.