Posted on 01/15/2025 12:15:58 AM PST by Chode
n his last week in office, President Joe Biden on Monday named the Navy’s next unnamed future Ford-class aircraft carriers President William J. Clinton. The super carrier that will follow it will be named after George W. Bush. However, it will be years, even under the current plans, before either ship is delivered to the Navy.
If all goes according to the Biden administration’s wishes, the USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will join the USS Gerald R. Ford and future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) as part of the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier class. There are 11 aircraft carriers in the current fleet, 10 of them are earlier Nimitz class ships.
It has to finish in the sink.
PD 69
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*Peyronie’s Disease
The slick willie.
The ships moto will be “I did not have sex with that woman.”
That was my first thought after reading the title.
BARF!
Why name it after Bill? His wife’s the combative one
Probably appropriate to call the USS William Clinton “The Big Prick”
25 years from now the next class of carriers will be the Trump class. They will be twice the size of the previous class and painted gold.
CVN-Slick Willie
I guess it will hoist a stained blue dress as it’s flag?
It will be the first female assault ship.
With so many US Navy “rammings” recently, there may be a movement to stop referring to ships as “she”.
... not CVN-69 ??
everyone gets a trophy...
This was inevitable as soon as the practice of naming capital ships after dead politicians was established in the 1970s.
In today’s climate, carriers are a huge waste of money. Nothing but a huge sitting duck.
The home port will be Epstein’s Island.
lololol, good stuff
thx
Gives new meaning to “the head” on the ship.
Honestly....cancel it. I think aircraft carriers are the battleships of the 21st century - outdated, highly vulnerable but hugely expensive, prestige items that are not what you need to actually win wars. The most practical and effective warships today - at least against a major power - are submarines.
IF we are going to go this route ie surface ships, then much smaller and cheaper mother ships for drone swarms is IMO a much more effective not to mention cost effective way to go. It would also risk far fewer personnel.
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