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United States ship naming conventions for the navy were established by United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt. However, elements had existed since before his time. If a ship is reclassified, for example a destroyer is converted to a mine layer, it retains its original name. ==Traditional conventions== * Battleships (BB), by law, were named for states, except for . * Battlecruisers (CC) under the 1916 program were to receive names of battles or famous ships. When cancelled under the Washington Naval Treaty, two were converted to aircraft carriers (CV), and this became the standard for them, with the exception of , , , and ; some had names evoking flight (''e.g.'', , ).〔And the possible exception of , which however can be said to have been named after a "battle," the Doolittle Raid〕〔Technically the ''Essex''-class carriers ''Franklin, Randolph'' and ''Hancock'' were named for the Continental Navy ships which bore the names of those men, not the men themselves.〕 * "Battlecruisers" or Large Cruisers (CB) under the 1940 program were named for United States Territories. * Cruisers, both light and heavy (CL and CA), were named for cities in the United States and Territories, with the exception of . * * After the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, ,〔''Long Beach'' was the last US warship built on a true cruiser hull〕 CGN's of the and es were named for states. ( and were commissioned as frigates). * Destroyers (DD) and destroyer escorts (DE) were named for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard heroes. * * Destroyer Leaders (DL) were likewise named after naval heroes; these were reclassified as cruisers or destroyers in 1975. * * Frigates (FF), formerly ocean escorts, were also named for naval heroes. * Submarines (SS and SSN) were either given a class letter and number, as in S-class submarines, or the names of fish and marine mammals. * Oilers (AO and AOR) were named for rivers with Native American names, and colliers named for mythical figures. * Fast combat support ships (AOE) were named after US cities. * Ammunition ships (AE) were named either after volcanoes (e.g. ) or words relating to fire and explosions (e.g. and ). * Combat stores ships (AK, AF, and AFS) were named after stars and other heavenly bodies. * Minesweepers (MS) were named for birds, or after "positive traits," e.g. and . * Hospital ships (AH) were given names related to their function, such as and . * Fleet tugs (AT) and harbor tugs (YT) were named after American Indian tribes. * The first forty-one nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) (called "boomers") were named after historical statesmen considered "Great Americans." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States ship naming conventions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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