User talk:Scott in Houtex

I have made changes about the name change myth again. I have cited sources stating the name of the ship as CONSTELLATION at the time of the fire. I have an extensive collection of books on naval ships and history. In none of them does it ever list that the names were switched. Several carriers have had their names changed:

CV-10 Yorktown was originally named Bon Hoome Richard, the name change happened after the combat loss off CV-5 Yorktown on July 6, 1942

CV-12 Hornet was originally named Kearsarge. She was renamed after the combat loss of CV-8 on September 15, 1942

CV-14 Ticonderoga was originally the Hancock

CV-16 Lexington was originally the Cabot

CV-18 Wasp was to be originally the Oriskany

CV-19 Hancock was originally to the Ticonderoga

CV-32 Leyte was renamed from Crown Point

CV-37 Princeton was renamed from Valley Forge

CV-47 Philippine Sea was changed from Wright

CVL-22 through CVL-29 were all renamed

CVL-30 San Jacinto was renamed twice, From Reprisal to Newark to San Jacinto

CVL-48 Saipan was to be Arlington

CVB/CVA-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt was originally the Coral Sea. She was renamed from Coral Sea during construction to honor the President that had just passed away. She is also the last US Carrier to have her original name changed.

This information can be found in The Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (10th through 18th editions) and Stefan Terzibaschitch's Aircraft Carriers of the U.S. Navy.

If you insist that the name changed happened, please reference a published source that states so. I have given valid sources, I challenge you to do so.

I, also have served aboard USS KITTY HAWK (1987-1990) and USS CONSTELLATION (1993-1996). I polished the plaque in Hanger bay one, starboard side, just forward of the Quarterdeck. That plaque commemorates the men that lost their lives in the fire, listed by name. However, it does not state anything about changing the ship's name. I will concede the argument if one authentic photograph of any evidence of a switch is presented or if valid published references are made.

An abstract of an article in The New York Times dated the morning after the fire, December 20, 1960 names ship USS CONSTELLATION, not USS KITTY HAWK. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D14FF3E551A7A93C2AB1789D95F448685F9&scp=17&sq=Aircraft+Carrier&st=p

Scott in Houtex (talk) 03:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)