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The Navy will name the first of its new class of frigates USS Constellation (FFG-62), in a nod to one of the original six frigates the Navy bought just after the Revolutionary War.
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced today that the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate would be named Constellation, making the announcement from the second ship to bear that name: USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war launched in 1854 and decommissioned in 1933 that is preserved as a National Historic Landmark in Baltimore, Md.
“George Washington personally selected the name Constellation. It refers to the constellation of stars that have adorned our flag, from the original circle of 13, to the 15 gracing the Star Spangled Banner across the harbor above Fort McHenry, to the 50 that fly from the mast of every Navy ship today,” he said in a video, filmed today in Baltimore’s inner harbor on the deck of the wooden-hulled warship.
“The number of stars on our nation’s flag may have changed with every generation of Constellation, but her spirit and pride have endured.”
Braithwaite told USNI News after filming the announcement video that he chose the name as part of his effort to recapture Navy pride and culture, a topic he made waves with during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee this spring.
SECNAV Braithwaite Names First FFG(X) USS Constellation - USNI News
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Navy will name the first of its new class of frigates USS Constellation (FFG-62), in a nod to one of the original six frigates the Navy bought just after the Revolutionary War. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced today that the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate...
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