Transcript michael williams informative speech

Informative
Speech
HOW THE UNITED STATES NAVY DETERMINES THE NAME OF SHIPS
By: Michael Williams
Good morning! Being in the United States Navy has made me want
to learn more about the history of the Navy itself. With learning the
history I wanted to learn how the Navy decides what the names of
the ships will be. Here is a little background information.
The United States navy can be traced back to October 13, 1775. At
the beginning of the Continental Navy, there was not a system of
how names came to be and there were a variety of sources. Now,
the navy works on a system to determine names of different types
of navy ships.
According to Naval History and Heritage Command, on March 3,
1819, Congress placed the responsibility of assigning names to
Naval ships to the Secretary of the Navy.
USS
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I will first talk about the prefix of all naval ships; USS.
USS stands for United States Ship. In 1907, according
to the Department of the Navy's report on Policies and
Practices of the U.S. Navy for Naming the Vessels of the Navy,
President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Executive
Order that established that all naval ships to have
United States Ship or for short, USS, to be attached to
their name. Now that we know that, I will go deeper
and learn the background of how different types of
ships earned their names.
Nuclear Aircraft Carriers
Presidents
 USS
George Washington
(CVN 73)
 named after our first
President, George
Washington
Nuclear Aircraft Carriers
Admirals
• USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Named after Fleet
Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz
Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70)
Named after
Congressman Carl
Vinson from
Georgia
USS John C,
Stennis (CVN 74)
Named after
Senator John C.
Stennis from
Mississippi
Guided Missile Crusiers
Famous Battles
USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)
Named after the battle of
Philippine Sea in 1944
USS Shiloh (CG 67)
Named after the battle of
Shiloh in 1867
Guided Missile Cruiser
Distinguished Americans
USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51)
Named after Secretary of Defense
Thomas S. Gates
Guided Missile Destroyer
Distinguished United States Navy officers and enlisted sailors
USS John S. McCain
(DDG 56)
Named after Admirals
John S. McCain Sr. and
John S. McCain Jr.
USS Stethem (DDG 63)
Named after
Steelworker 2nd Class
Robert Stethem
 The
Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, Guided
Missile Cruiser, Guided Missile
Destroyer are only three types of ships
that the United States Navy has
patroling the high seas around the
world. From Presidents to Politicians,
to Admirals and enlisted sailors to
famous battles, there is a broad
range of how different types of ships
are named.
Works Cited
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Department of the Navy. “A Report on Policies and Practices of the
U.S. Navy for Naming the Vessels of the Navy.” history.navy.mil.
Department of the Navy. Web. 27 June 2015
http://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/browse-bytopic/heritage/pdf/Shipnamingreport.pdf
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“Ship Naming in the United States Navy.” history.navy.mil. Naval
History and Heritage Command. 26 June 2015.web.27 June 2015. <
http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-andtraditions/ship-naming.html>