18 MAY 2011 The Navy has caused a small uproar over its decision to name a cargo ship currently under construction in San Diego, California, after union activist Cesar Chavez. Chavez was a Navy veteran and a noted civil rights leader.
General Dynamics Nassco, the shipbuilding firm in charge of construction, suggested the name in honor of its Latino workforce. Nearly a third of the population of San Diego is of Hispanic descent.
The ship is being built in the prominently Latino neighborhood of San Diego called Barrio Logan.
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Republican congressman Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, slammed the decision as being biased and unfair to military war heroes.
"Naming a ship after César Chávez goes right along with other recent decisions by the Navy that appear to be more about making a political statement than upholding the Navy's history and tradition," said Hunter during a press conference.
Just last week Hunter took issue with the Navy over its decision to allow chaplains to perform same sex unions in states where gay marriage is legal. The Navy reversed that decision after being pressured by Hunter and other lawmakers.
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