Carriers used to be named after famous battles. The unseemly habit of naming them after presidents, admirals and SECNAVs started with the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and has continued with a few notable interruptions ever since.
It is high time for them to dust off Lexington, Saratoga and Yorktown again.
23 posted on 07/10/2013 5:18:17 PM PDT by jboot
(It can happen here because it IS happening here.)