defense consultant and author who specializes in international naval fleets. “There are periods of time when the Navy stuck resolutely to its rules about how to name ships, and times when it has varied,” said Eric Wertheim, a Washington D.C. If there are name changes, they would join a complicated and sometimes controversial history that dates to America’s early days, when the Continental Congress first decided, in 1775, that it wanted a Navy. But both the House and Senate passed their bills with large-enough majorities to override any veto, assuming no votes change during final tallying.Īlthough most of the attention so far has been on the 10 Army bases that are named after Confederate officers, including Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, and Fort Benning in Georgia, the bills include provisions that apply to ships, too. President Donald Trump has threatened to veto the legislation over the naming issue, calling it a misguided attempt to re-write history. Negotiators from the two sides will meet to resolve that and other differences. The House bill requires the changes to happen within one year, the Senate, three.
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