Navy Announces Research Vessel to be Named in Honor of Neil Armstrong
“Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the first Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ship will be named Neil Armstrong. Mabus named the future R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) to honor the memory of Neil Armstrong, best known for being the first man to walk on the moon. Armstrong was an aeronautics pioneer and explorer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) serving as an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator. Armstrong also served as a naval aviator flying nearly 80 combat missions during the Korean War.”
They should have named this ship after Armstrong. The name fits the size and strength of this ship!
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Don’t worry. I expect there will a wide variety of ships named after Neil Armstrong over the next couple thousand years.