Luther, I enjoyed and agreed with your post on the USNS Harvey Milk. On The Editors this morning, I asked what unorthodox names my colleagues would suggest for a naval vessel. We got the USS Ella Fitzgerald (fundamentally American), USS Tom Clancy (great American cultural figure who wrote compellingly about naval affairs), the USS Hugo Grotius (great contributions to the law of the sea), and, my idea, the USS Ted Williams (an American badass with an incredible career as an aviator when he wasn’t being one of the greatest hitters of all time).

None of these meet your criteria, but any impressions?