HoF = June 17, 1873

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Susan B. Anthony’s court trial began today in 1873 – she had been arrested for voting in the previous November’s election. Although the trial would lead to a conviction, Anthony refused to pay the fine she was sentenced to; authorities decided not to pursue further legal action.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. seabeyond says. wow. good for her. da woman.

damn right = The WOMAN !!

[monmouth3]

2. SBA did not suffer fools. She is a hero of mine....n/t

[progressoid]

3. And now she's on a dollar!

[Rafale]

4. well

She should be on a paper dollar instead of some of these slave owning presidents. How about naming an aircraft carrier after her. Just my two cents.

[smallcat88]

5. And mine

I would like to second your recommendation.

[James48]

6. Unlikely that any new ship will be named after her.

She likely won't have an aircraft carrier named after her, as she already had a U.S. Navy ship that carried her name, which was sunk in combat. General naval policy (but not a hard-fast rule) is that it is o.k. to rename a later ship the same name as an earlier ship, but not if it was lost in combat. The only exception to that rule, that I know of, is the U.S.S. Indianapolis (CA-35, sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II), was also a U.S. Nuclear Submarine, (SSN 697, U.S.S. Indianapolis, (1980-1998)) and is to be the name of a new littoral combat ship.

Yes, it is done from time to time, but in this case, I doubt we'll see any more ships- especially any carrier, named for her.

The first U.S.S. Susan B. Anthony was launched in 1930, and sunk on June 7, 1944, off the coast of France, during D-Day operations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Susan_B._Anthony_(AP-72)

[whopis01]

7. That is simply not true

It is very common to reuse the name of a ship in the Navy. Even when the previous one was lost in combat.

Here are just some examples:

USS Chicago (CA-29) Heavy Cruiser - sunk at the Battle of Rennell Island in 1943
USS Chicago (CA-146) Heavy Cruiser 1945 - 1984
USS Chicago (SSN-721) Nuclear Attack Submarine 1986 - present

USS Yorktown (CV-5) Aircraft carrier sunk in 1942
USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943 - now a museum
USS Yorktown (CG-48) Cruiser commissioned in 1984 - slated to be scrapped

USS Wasp (CV-7) Aircraft carrier built in 1936 and sunk in 1942
USS Wasp (CV-18) Aircraft carrier 1943 - 1972
USS Wasp (LHD-1) Amphibious assualt ship 1989 - present

USS Lexington (CV-2) Aircraft carrier sunk in 1942
USS Lexington (CV-16) Aircraft carrier 1943-1991

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) 1942 - sunk in 1943
USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) 1944-1945

USS Princeton (CVL-23) Sunk at Leyte Gulf in 1944
USS Princeton (CV-37) 1945 - 1970
USS Princeton (CG-59) 1989 - present

USS Barton (DD-559) Destroyer sunk in 1942
USS Barton (DD-722) Destroyer 1943-1968

USS Helena (CL-50) Light Cruiser 1939 - sunk at the Battle of Kula Gulf in 1943
USS Helena (CA-75) Heavy Cruiser 1945 - 1964
USS Helena (SSN-725) Nuclear Attack Submarine 1987 - present


For many more examples, go to this page:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm
(A history of ships sunk or damaged beyond repair in WWII)
and search for the name of any ship listed as sunk on that list - you will find that a majority the names were reused on other ships.