[henkster]

The “Charles de Gaulle:” You know a nation does not have a serious naval tradition when they have to name their best ships after guys who served in the ARMY. I mean, why not call it the “Jean-Francois Darlan?”

[curmudgeonII]

You know a nation does not have a serious naval tradition when they have to name their best ships after guys who served in the ARMY

You mean like the U.S.S. Eisenhower?

[Oztrich Boy]

You know a nation does not have a serious naval tradition when they have to name their best ships after guys who served in the ARMY

[lentulusgracchus]

I mean, why not call it the “Jean-Francois Darlan?”

Well, they could have named her after the Comte de Grasse, who defeated the British off Cape Henry or Cape May, and prevented them from raising the siege of Yorktown. But I think that name is pretty consistently taken by other ships in the French OOB.