USS Shreveport to be decommissioned
 

USS Shreveport to be decommissioned this fall

I've always wondered how there ended up being a Navy ship called the USS Shreveport... apparently according to the KTBS article, it is named after Henry Miller Shreve.

http://www.caseyjones.net/imagelinks/seal.png

Would appear they called it "Super Gator"
For info on the USS Shreveport check out:

http://www.shreveport.navy.mil/index.htm

USS Shreveport Wikipedia

This was the second vessel to bear the name. Maybe that means that some day there will be a third. (fingers crossed)