New Aircraft Carrier To Be Named After Bill Clinton

the war zone ^ | 1/14/2025 | Howard Altman

[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.

[FLT-bird]

any guesses as to what the nickname will be?

USS Humidor

USS Lewinsky

USS Blow Job

[C210N]

Can’t imagine anyone going near the ship’s sinks

[TwelveOfTwenty]

What about the USS Bush. What are some good nicknames for that?

[high info voter]

Maybe name it after “Juanita Broderrick”?

[MayflowerMadam]

“USS Doris Miller”? Good grief. Can a real man serve on a ship named “Doris”? Next it’ll be USS Bambi.

[Fresh Wind]

Will there be astroturf on the flight deck?

[GreenLanternCorps]

Stop naming ships after living people, and give carriers names that have been earned instead of any President.

Lexington, Yorktown, Hornet, Ranger, among others are all available for use.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Doris Miller was a man, and a Navy Cross recipient for his actions at Pearl Harbor. He is a hero worth emulating.

However, he should have a a Destroyer named after him, not a Carrier.

[cgbg]

A thousand years from now the remains of these carriers will be at the bottom of oceans around the world—and there will be some folks claiming they were built by ancient aliens.

Lol.

[mewzilla]

Name a naval garbage scow after that expletive deleted.

That would be fitting.

[tennmountainman]

The USS Cigar.

[PIF]

Like its name sake, it will sell access to operations to the Chinese in exchange for campaign cash. Chinese PAAF and PLAN fighters will have free access to the flight deck as a good will gesture.

[TalBlack]

Doris is a dude. Black guy, first to be awarded the Navy across and a nominee for the MOH.

[Chode]

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[yukong]

Or…”The Bent Dick.”

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

U.S.S. Shame

[MayflowerMadam]

“Doris Miller was a man,”

Oh. Thanks for clarifying. (My name can be a man’s name, too — but very rarely.)

[FlingWingFlyer]

The U.S.S. Slick Willie

[FlingWingFlyer]

Not bad for someone who dodged the draft.

[wally_bert]

A stupid practice.