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Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
Congress has long maintained an interest in how Navy ships are named, and has influenced the
naming of certain Navy ships. The Navy suggests that congressional offices wishing to express
support for proposals to name a Navy ship for a specific person, place, or thing contact the office
of the Secretary of the Navy to make their support known. Congress may also pass legislation
relating to ship names. Measures passed by Congress in recent years regarding Navy ship names
have all been sense-of-the-Congress provisions.Congressional Research Service
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O'Rourke, Ronald. Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress, report, August 15, 2017; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1020773/m1/3/?q=%22weapons%20systems%22: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.