Navy Names Next Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

U.S. Department of Defense ^ | 5/29/2011 | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

[magslinger]

Midway, Coral Sea, Yankee Station.

[freedumb2003]

The USS Hober Mallow?

1/2 joke — there should be something named after Asimov.

[buccaneer81]

Both names are available. Franklin was a WWII carrier, and Thomas Jefferson was a submarine decommissioned in 1985.

[NWFLConservative]

Those village idiots over there really ARE f'n STOOPIT!!!

[buccaneer81]

All good.

[buccaneer81]

I wouldn't mind seeing some names from the shuttle program...Challenger, Endeavour and Columbia are naturals.

[freedumb2003]

>>Franklin was a WWII carrier, and Thomas Jefferson was a submarine decommissioned in 1985.<<

Then why is there even a discussion? Especially since there has already been a Kennedy — and named after him a scant year after his passing, no less?

[Candor7]

JFK ? NAw, Theyc ould have called it the USS Marilyn Monroe , since Jack had weighed her anchor.

Or maybe the USS Monica Lewinski, instead of the USS Clinton.

Either would be appropriate IMHO.Both women suffered horribly because of them.

[cva66snipe]

Interesting. The Pentagon and congress underfunded the Navy from 1989 - present causing the first JFK CV 67 an early end. The only sense I can make out of this is that the first JFK's over all hull condition may not be fit for museum status???

[Mr. Wright]

Correct me if I am wrong, but do we not already have a carrier named after JFK in the U.S. Fleet?

[omega4179]

They seem to name everything after politicians now. It must be like living in Stalin’s time.

[Brandonmark]

[Paul46360]

That looks like CVN-OBAMA

[Blood of Tyrants]

I would like to see a new Yorktown even though I served on the first Big John.

[Paul46360]

HE DOESN’T DESERVE THAT.

[Don Corleone]

The selection John F. Kennedy, designated CVN 79, honors the 35th President of the United States and pays tribute to his service in the Navy, in the government, and to the nation.

What? He lost the only ship he ever commanded and failed in his attempt to free Cuba from a Communist takeover. The USS Benedict Arnold would be less offensive. IMHO

[ConorMacNessa]

My sentiment exactly - he went through a severe ordeal between the time his boat was rammed and the time he was eventually rescued. That was honorable - not in my opinion heroic. He was doing his duty as countless others have.

I applaud his service. There are enough things named after him at this point IMHO. Surely there is another deserving person to name this ship for. Better still - name it the Enterprise or one of the other classic names used by the Navy.

If we have to name it after a person, how about one of our early Naval heroes like John Barry?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[mewykwistmas]

“My earlier joke notwithstanding — how about a new USS Constitution?”

That one is sunk!

[Marty62]

Wow THAT is impressive.

Kennedy deserves a Carrier. He did after all stop the Soviet Missles from being installed in Cuba. I mean he had a lot of personal problems but I don’t think we can be too hard on his Presidencial performance. And ofcourse the biggie. He was ASSASINATED after all. That should count for SOMETHING.

[tlb]

>>> It breaks my heart to think that our country’s namesake, USS America (CV-66) was towed out to sea and used for Tomahawk practice.

That’s not precisely the way it went. USS America wasn’t expended simply as a convenient target. She was tested to destruction.

As part of the design process for the new carrier class, the Navy took the wornout carrier and put her design to the ultimate test. For several days the true strengths and weaknesses of modern American supercarrier design was tested as demolition crews set off monitored charges to explore what her actual limits were. The results to be applied to strengthen the Ford design.