Talk:USS Monterey (CG-61)

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Monterey or Monterrey?

It is confusing that the U.S. Navy named a ship after a battle in Mexico with almost the same name as a city in California. And then they spelled it wrong to really screw up Wikipedia editors.

To be clear, the city in Mexico is spelled Monterrey, and it was the site of a battle of the Mexican-American War in 1846. The U.S. Army prevailed and writings of that battle tended to anglicize the spelling by removing the extra 'r'. Several other towns in the United States have been named in honor of this battle, and all dropped the extra 'r'.

The exception of naming the American towns after the battle in Mexico is the city of Monterey, California, named after the bay it lies along, which was named to honor the Count of Monterrey, the viceroy of New Spain at the time of its naming by Sebastián Vizcaíno in 1602. The Mexican city of Monterrey was named Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey in 1596 in honor of the wife of the same Count of Monterrey.

In conclusion, even though the U.S. Navy ship is spelled with one 'r', it is for a battle in a Mexican town that uses two r's, but all the American generals who wrote of their victory dropped the extra 'r'. Clear? Highspeed (talk) 18:51, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting this, I just found the article and was asking myself if was mistakenly written — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.16.222.50 (talk) 20:22, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Active part of CSG 2

According to the US Navy (CSG-2 (navy.mil)) this ship is currently part of CSG 2 on its way to the Persian Gulf right now. How can that be if it was decommissioned in 2022? 2600:6C47:BA00:35F5:E045:F1D:12E:896C (talk) 03:35, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That must be an error. - wolf 16:47, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]