USS Musk

[Robert Scott]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...amed-uss-musk/

[Allen]

Happy April Fools Day to you too.

What was more unbelievable than the USS Musk was the mention that the USS Constitution (built in 1797) would be disposed of.

[Robert Scott]

I fell for it at first but what is really funny is that I texted this to some friends this morning that still work at the shipyard here (where I retired from) that is building CVN 80. They couldn't believe it and sent it to upper management. An hour later one of them reported that it was a good April fool joke...

If I had read the rest of the article I would have realized it....

[Allen]

The very first thing I thought about was that, like coins, ships are usually named after dead people.

Thanks for posting !!!!

[Robert Scott]

Usually...

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/13/2-new-ford-class-aircraft-carriers-will-be-named-after-former-presidents-bill-clinton-george-w-bush.html

[Oyaji]

If the Navy can name ships after San Francisco homo Harvey Milk, farm labor activist Cesar Chavez and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, I have absolutely no problem with them naming one the USS ELON MUSK. In any event, I suggest that Elon Musk is probably more deserving than the others.

[Allen]

Yep.

[Mark in Ottawa]

I was going to suggest that before the ship got commissioned, it would be re-named but I wasn;t aware that it was a joke.