The USS Charlottesville was a Tacoma-class frigate launched on July 30, 1943. She served just one year in the Pacific before being turned over to the USSR, and then Japan.
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The USS Charlottesville was a Tacoma-class frigate launched on July 30, 1943. She served just one year in the Pacific before being turned over to the USSR, and then Japan.
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They gave the USS Charlottesville to the Soviets?!?!?!?!
I demand a replacement frigate. AT ONCE. Everybody start emailing Jim Webb’s office about this. Dead serious here.
Very interesting find, Waldo. I note this entry from the online Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: “Charlottesville (PF-25) was launched 30 July 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wis., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Gleason, wife of the mayor of Charlottesville…”
I find myself very curious about this naming process. According to an entry on the above sites FAQ: “When a woman accepts the Secretary of the Navy’s invitation to sponsor a new ship, she has agreed to stand as the central figure in an event with a heritage reaching backward into the dim recesses of recorded history.” So the sponsor is asked by the Navy to christen the ship, but what is the process for actually naming a ship? How did the USS Charlottesville get its name?