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Originally Posted by STCM(SW)
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Very nice grips Master Chief! I love the burled grain and the coloring.
I didn’t mean to go way off topic, but I was interested in how they named the various FF’s. Usually I thought they stayed within some boundaries with most classes of ship, boomers named after states, fast attacks named after cities, super carriers named after presidents, etc.
Take for example the three sister ships to the Brewton, USS Rathburne FF-1057 (named after Continental Navy Officer John Rathbun, but spelled differently); USS Whipple FF-1062 (named after Captain Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy); and USS Ouellet FF-1077 (named after Seaman David George Ouellet, a posthumous MOH recipient who served in Vietnam in a Riverine Warfare Detachment). Namesakes from quite diverse backgrounds, the only common thread being that they were all Navy Veterans.