Should we stop referring to Naval vessels as, "She" as it may unknowingly be offensive?

No matter the name she's a she for me it's not something ya can really put into words that it's something one has to experience living upon the sea onboard a sea going vessel...she's your home, she keeps ya safe so long as she is sailed well, taken care of the same she'll take care of her crew...ya can't neglect her she'll make ya pay and dearly... love her and she'll love ya back... take ya from your home upon the land show the wonders of the sea and other lands across the Mother of us all Earth.

I think we should refer to them as Bobs..... Big ol' boats

People who get offended by referring to a naval vessel as "she" are snowflakes.

The coffee cup I've used for 23 years was bought at the HMS Victory. It has the ship on one side and this poem on the other.
Why is a Ship Called She?
A ship is called a 'she' because there is always a great deal of bustle around her;
there is usually a gang of men about, she has a waist and stays;
it takes a bit of paint to keep her good looking;
it is not the initial expense that breaks you, it is the upkeep;
she can be all decked out;
it takes an experience man to handle her correctly;
and without a man at the helm she is absolutely uncontrollable.
She shows her topsides, hides her bottom and, when coming into port, always heads for the buoys...

The coffee cup I've used for 23 years was bought at the HMS Victory. It has the ship on one side and this poem on the other.
Why is a Ship Called She?
A ship is called a 'she' because there is always a great deal of bustle around her;
there is usually a gang of men about, she has a waist and stays;
it takes a bit of paint to keep her good looking;
it is not the initial expense that breaks you, it is the upkeep;
she can be all decked out;
it takes an experience man to handle her correctly;
and without a man at the helm she is absolutely uncontrollable.
She shows her topsides, hides her bottom and, when coming into port, always heads for the buoys...

Every ship I have ever served aboard identified as an inanimate complex machine brought to life by the crew serving aboard.
From Wikipedia regarding ships being referred to as female:
This old tradition is thought to stem from the fact that in the Romance languages, the word for "ship" is always in the feminine. For this reason, Mediterranean sailors always referred to their ship as "she", and the practice was adopted over the centuries by their English-speaking counterparts.

NO

With all due respect to the Major, and I understand the reason behind the question, if it was to stirr up some discussion. There is always two sides to a Coin, BUT NOT THIS ONE! This question is a Land Mine just like Any question about Vietnam. Unless you were over there, You have no room to talk. Unless you have served on a Lady, your vote does not count and your opinion does not matter. You will notice that I did not specify you had to be NAVY either. Back in the day there were quite a few Marines that served aboard all sorts of ships not just Gators. I have seen Army Helo pilots and Air Force Pilots serving with Navy Squadrons on Gators and Carriers, so they will also understand. As Command Master Chief Treants so eloquently put it, Serving aboard the big grey Lady is more than an experience. especially when she takes you to war and brings you home safe. you feel her living beneath your feet, the vibrations of the screws cutting through the water is her heart beat, the hum of the electricity running though the thousands of miles of cable is her blood coarsing through her artery's and veins and the wind across her decks whistling through the rigging and lifelines is her breath. After a while on board you get to "KNOW" her feeling and you can tell when something is wrong. whether you pick up speed or slow. The "Feeling" between a Nuke and an Oil Burner is as different as night and day just like the attitudes between a Redhead and a Blonde or a Brunette will be different. You cannot treat an Oil Burner like a Nuke just like you cannot treat a Redhead like a Blonde. the Redhead will chew you up and spit you out! Same goes, You cannot blow down the Stacks on a Nuke... You learn them from the bilges to the top of their masts from the bull nose to the fantail. You treat them right, you love them, and you never forget them. Your first Ship just like your first Love will be forever ingrained in your heart and soul no matter what. On December 1st in 2012 more than 100,000 former crew of "The LEGEND", USS Enterprise, came home one last time to join her current crew to inactivate her. Men and women who for 52 years served aboard her, and Shipyard workers who built her and took care of her. Men who fought in every major conflict America was involved in from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Sand Box. Men who fought to keep the Enterprise afloat on 14 January 69 when she caught fire. Men and Women who were willing and did walk through HELL were openly crying because the Ship that they loved was going to be inactivated, decommissioned and then scrapped like her Namesake.

No, We will never stop referring to Naval Vessels as SHE. As long as there are Decks on Ships and Men and Women stand on those decks and those ships put out to Sea and go in Harms Way, Ships WILL be called She, and no proclamation, declaration or Notams from the Pentagon or NavComPoop will ever change it. PC be dammed, Full Speed Ahead!

My uncle was in the Navy and he said they always referred to ships in the female gender as she or her because when they said she needs to be in this location at a certain time she was right on time or a little early....if you named the ship after a guy he'd be late every time!

Not use no Hell no.