The ship would need to lead from behind, so the crew would need to be LGBT.
The ship would need to be powered by solar and/or wind energy.
The ship would be a gun-free zone, but it would have community organizers.
The ship would need to have special accommodations for celebrities and refugees.
There would need to be special markings that will always point toward Mecca.
There needs to be a special room that holds $400 million in cash in case they are ever deployed to a hostile area for a rescue mission.
Ha!
The primary mission of the USS Obama would be:
White (or rainbow) flag deployment, transport of illegal aliens into U.S. ports, and assisting Greenpeace to save the whales in a carbon neutral manner.