[CyberAnt]

Well .. actually, all Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .. so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier.

[GreyHoundSailor]

NIMITZ is a whole class of CVN - don’t recall a President Chester Nimitz though.

[kabar]

No, all aircraft carriers are not named after Presidents. Historically, most have not been named after presidents.

[Windflier]

I hope our country never names a warship after Obama, for too many obvious reasons to count.

[Hieronymus]

I had a great uncle who survived the sinking of the Saratoga at Guadalcanal. I don’t remember President Saratoga, but he was probably better than Zero and Carter.

[xrmusn]

actually, all Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .
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Shouldn’t EVER use the word actually around here UNLESS you are absolutely correct <: <: <:

I don’t recall President Stennis, President Nimitz, President Vinson and the next one is slated to be Enterprise....

[Enchante]

not all, some

Nimitz, Stennis, and Vinson (current US carriers) were not presidents

before the current Nimitz class (which does have 7 carriers named after presidents) most US carriers were NOT named after presidents

[BroJoeK]

"Well .. actually, all some Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .. so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier."

Careful about that word "all", FRiend. ;-)

If you're as interested as I am in this, here's where you can see all large US aircraft carriers lined up in sequential order, from oldest to newest -- from CV-1 Langley through CVN-80 Enterprise.

CV-1 Langley is named after "Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906)... an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation".

Samuel Langley, circa 1900, CV-1 Langley, 1927:

CVN-80 Enterprise is the ninth US Navy ship of that name, all of which date back to Gene Roddenberry's star-ship, James T. Kirk commanding. ;-)

CV-45 USS Roosevelt was the first carrier named after a president:

CV-65 USS Kennedy was the second:

From Nimitz (CVN-69) through Enterprise (CVN-80) only Vincen (CVN-70) & Stennis (CVN-74) and are not named after US Presidents.

Bottom line: 11 large carriers were named for US Presidents, 69 were not.
WWII PT boat commander, John F. Kennedy is the only president to have two carriers with his name.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

[BroJoeK]

"Well .. actually, all some Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .. so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier."

Careful about that word "all", FRiend. ;-)

If you're as interested as I am in this, here's where you can see all large US aircraft carriers lined up in sequential order, from oldest to newest -- from CV-1 Langley through CVN-80 Enterprise.

CV-1 Langley is named after "Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906)... an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation".

Samuel Langley, circa 1900, CV-1 Langley, 1927:

CVN-80 Enterprise is the ninth US Navy ship of that name, all of which date back to Gene Roddenberry's star-ship, James T. Kirk commanding. ;-)

CV-45 USS Roosevelt was the first carrier named after a president:

CV-65 USS Kennedy was the second:

From Nimitz (CVN-69) through Enterprise (CVN-80) only Vincen (CVN-70) & Stennis (CVN-74) and are not named after US Presidents.

Bottom line: 11 large carriers were named for US Presidents, 69 were not.
WWII PT boat commander, John F. Kennedy is the only president to have two carriers with his name.

Yes, there is a USS Jimma Carta SSN-23:

As for USS Clinton or Obama... well, here's what's proposed so far:
USS Clinton & USS Obama:

[castlegreyskull]

They will bring back the name ENTERPRISE on the 3rd FORD Class Carrier.

[Huaynero]

“...so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier.”

If the Thump’n Trump comes on line, she will join company with The Big Stick, CVN-71 - USS Theodore Roosevelt.

[jch10]

So, there will be one named after BHO? NO!!

[skepsel]

Like the Vinson and the Stennis?