Talk:USS Cooperstown

Ship crest
See: &  -  wolf  18:48, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Named for what?
The ship is not named for Cooperstown, New York. It is in honor of baseball players enshrined at a famous museum in Cooperstown. The two sources cited in this article's lead paragraph - one of which simply copies the other - maintain that it's the first Navy ship with the name, not the first named for the town. Yitz711 (talk) 16:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It is named for the village of Cooperstown, NY. As per the United States ship naming conventions, Littoral Combat Ships "" (with the noted exceptions of the two lead ships, named for concepts, as well as LCS-10, named for a person, and LCS-30, named for a ship). The Navy wanted to honor servicemen who were also named to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is located in Cooperstown, and that's why the town was selected as a ship name. (And while it is useful that "Cooperstown" is a common metonym used for the HoF, it is not the name of the HoF.) Hope this clears things up. - w o lf  08:53, 5 May 2023 (UTC)