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Who Names US Navy Ships?
The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important figures like Sir Walter Raleigh and John Hancock, or locations …