Re: Two ships named USS Hornet

On Feb 29, 11:30 am, Richard Fangnail <richardfangn...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
There were two ships named Hornet; the first one was destroyed in WWII
and the second one is now a museum in Alameda, Ca.

Do they ever "retire" the name of a ship out of respect for the dead?
It would be like retiring the number of an athlete in a team sport.

Actually, there have been eight USN ships named Hornet. The first was
a sloop in the Revolutionary War.

The Hornet that is a museum in California (CV-12) was named
specifically to honor the Hornet (CV-8) that was sunk in World War
II. Many other ships built during World War II were named after ships
that had been sunk. The general feeling, I think, was that the way to
show respect for the dead was to keep the name of the ship alive.
.

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