Editing Hyman G. Rickover (section)

==Honors==

The ''Los Angeles''-class submarine {{USS|Hyman G. Rickover|SSN-709}} was named for him. She was commissioned two years before his death, and was, at that time, one of only two Navy ships to be [[List of U.S. military vessels named after living Americans|named after a living person]] since 1900 (there have been 16 more since). The submarine was launched on 27 August 1983, sponsored by his second wife Eleonore, commissioned on 21 July 1984, and deactivated on 14 December 2006. In 2015, the Navy announced a {{sclass|Virginia|submarine|1}} named {{USS|Hyman G. Rickover|SSN-795}} in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/605342/navy-names-new-virginia-class-attack-submarine/|title=Navy Names New Virginia-Class Attack Submarine |publisher=defense.gov|access-date=2015-08-16}}</ref>  The submarine's christening took place on 31 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iscbubbly.com/2021/07/isc-wine-to-christen-navy-submarine/#:~:text=The%20christening%20will%20take%20place%20on%20July%2031%2C,known%20as%20the%20%E2%80%9CFather%20of%20the%20Nuclear%20Navy.%E2%80%9D|title=ISC Wine to Christen Navy Submarine|date=July 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gdebchristenings.com/|title=General Dynamics Electric Boat|website=gdebchristenings.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eblanding.com/2021/07/06/july-6-2021-view-the-hyman-g-rickover-ssn-795-saturday-july-31/|title=July 6, 2021 - VIEW the Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) Saturday, July 31|date=July 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/08/01/navy-christens-2nd-submarine-in-honor-of-adm-rickover/|title=Navy christens 2nd submarine in honor of Adm. Rickover|agency=Associated Press|date=August 1, 2021|website=Navy Times}}</ref>

Rickover Hall at the [[United States Naval Academy]] houses the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering, and Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering. Rickover Center at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command is located at Joint Base Charleston, where Navy personnel begin their engineering training. In 2011, the [[U.S. Navy Museum]] included Rickover as part of the ''Technology for the Nuclear Age: Nuclear Propulsion'' display for its Cold War exhibit, which featured the following quotation:

{{blockquote|Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.<ref>{{cite web | title= Technology for the Nuclear Age: Nuclear Propulsion | url= http://usnavymuseum.org/Ex1_NuclearPropulsion.asp | work= Cold War Gallery | publisher= [[U.S. Navy Museum]] | year= 2011 | access-date= 2011-10-12 | archive-date= November 16, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121116021035/http://usnavymuseum.org/Ex1_NuclearPropulsion.asp | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bebekim.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/doing-a-job-by-admiral-hyman-g-rickover-u-s-navy-retired/|title=Doing a Job|work=Simple ideas, taken seriously|date=August 27, 2010|publisher=Bebekim.wordpress|access-date=2014-12-12}}</ref>}}

Other things named in his honor include the Admiral Hyman Rickover Fellowship at M.I.T.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mit.edu/ans/www/resources.html|title=MIT ANS Resources|website=mit.edu|access-date=March 21, 2009|archive-date=February 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218203837/http://mit.edu/ans/www/resources.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rickover Naval Academy|Hyman G. Rickover Naval Academy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rickovernaval.org/|title=Admiral Hyman George Rickover Naval Academy|website=www.rickovernaval.org}}</ref> and Rickover Junior High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d168.org/rickover/ |title=Home Page |access-date=2006-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205084528/http://d168.org/rickover/ |archive-date=2007-02-05 }}</ref>