USS Cooperstown (original) (raw)

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first naval ship named after Cooperstown, New York. Ray Mabus, while Secretary of the Navy, announced the naming of Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is located in Cooperstown. The announcement was part of the ceremony which was honoring baseball players who served in World War II. Her name honors American military veterans from multiple conflicts (starting with Morgan Bulkeley, first president of the National League, in the Civil War) who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.