Navy reportedly weighs naming aircraft carrier for Trump instead of Black Pearl Harbor hero

The Hill ^ | 08/21/26 3:52 PM ET | Gary Ainsworth

[Governor Dinwiddie]

WACO, Texas (KWKT) — The name of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller could be removed from one of the U.S. Navy’s next aircraft carriers, with President Trump’s name reportedly among those being considered as a replacement.

The Navy has been discussing renaming the future USS Doris Miller, the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier designated CVN-81, reports CNN. No decision has been formally announced.

The carrier was named for Miller in January 2020 during a ceremony at Pearl Harbor.

At the time, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said the selection recognized not only Miller, but generations of enlisted sailors.

“In selecting this name, we honor the contributions of all our enlisted ranks, past and present, men and women, of every race, religion and background,” Modly said.

Miller was born in Waco, Texas, on Oct. 12, 1919, and joined the Navy in 1939. He was serving aboard the battleship USS West Virginia when Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

During the attack, Miller helped wounded sailors before manning an anti-aircraft gun and firing at Japanese planes, despite having no formal training on the weapon.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

President Trump, do not let your ego queer this honor to a hero.

[gildafarrell]

Thought that aircraft carriers are named after Presidents whereas battleships are named after states.

[Sequoyah101]

That’s just so yesterday. Convention, Tradition? Who needs them?

[doorgunner69]

Doris should get a ship long before Clintoon or Carter.

LBJ not even a sewage ahuler.

[Pocketdoor]

I’m all for naming it Trump. That project’s power. Dorris should be a destroyer name.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Still “black” huh? I thought he would have been considered an American by now.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Lately, that seems to be the case. But don't forget the Hornet, or the Yorktown, or the Lexington or the Enterprise.

[rktman]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392628/posts

[doorgunner69]

“President Trump, do not let your ego queer this honor to a hero.”

Who says he has anything to do with this?

[dadgum]

Would Dorris object?

[reg45]

And Doris actually served in the Navy, albeit on a battleship.

[doorgunner69]

Tend to agree.

The Sullivans, Michael Murphy, etc.

[GrootheWanderer]

It’s a cult of personality.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Fake news

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yeah, probably fake news designed to stain President Trump.

[llevrok]

name it for the sailor. He was a hero on Dec 7.

Enough with this aggrandizement horse sh^t.

[Jonty30]

The man deserves an honour forvwhst he did.

However, this is why you dont mess up traditions, because now it seems like dishonour to this hero for his service.

[Jonty30]

You mean Alberta might get a battleship named after it?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

After WWII we started deifying our presidents. Previously our coinage had pictures of Lady Liberty, Mercury, Indians, Buffalo. I could well do without the Roosevelt dime. Gerald Ford aircraft carrier? Give me a break. Gerald RINO aircraft carrier.

[Organic Panic]

It’s I read about it this was from fourth hand source who heard it from another source who was familiar with a source.

This is how the demons work now. Spread the smear, make the smeared defend themselves, then move along.

From now on everything that will be named after Trump will be met with a rumor that it was going to replace some beloved hero. A minority makes it even better.