[TMSuchman]

This class of air craft carrier is always named after a president. And GHW Bush did a lot of different things behind the scenes to help this country. Unlike the peanut farmer who got a sub named after him.

[meandog]

This class of air craft carrier is always named after a president.

USS John Stennis?
Besides, if that were so, what's wrong with USS James Madison, or James Monroe, John Adams, or Thomas Jefferson?

[ReignOfError]

This class of air craft carrier is always named after a president. And GHW Bush did a lot of different things behind the scenes to help this country. Unlike the peanut farmer who got a sub named after him.

Bush served on a carrier, and a carrier is named for him. Carter served on a sub (though he left the Navy before it sailed), and a sub is named for him. It works for me, much more so than naming a carrier for John Stennis, whose contribution to the Navy consisted of making sure that it spent enough money in Mississippi.

[GATOR NAVY]

This class of air craft carrier is always named after a president.

Except for the Nimitz itself...and the Carl Vinson...and the John C. Stennis. Other than those, they're always named after presidents.

But so what. Doesn't mean Bush I is worthy of this honor. I'm not anticipating a USS Millard Filmore anytime soon either.