[DesertRhino]

The practice of naming ships after presidents needs to end. The next flattop should be another Enterprise. Then every carrier after that should rturn to being named after revolutionary war battles.

Enough of the memorials to fat farting potentates that everyone wants to forget anyway.

[SkyDancer]

Right - the the submarine named after Jimmah Carter? The USS Peanut????

[SkyDancer]

I’m a big fan of WWII Pacific naval battles. Bring back names like “The Bunker Hill”, etc. Although I think the Ben Franklin was a good name for that carrier. But there was the Yorktown too. But politicians as they are will name things after themselves. Wish the Navy had a septic system tanker they could name “The Obama” ....

[smoothsailing]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, in a video played towards the end of the ceremony, announced that CVN 80, third ship of the new GERALD R. FORD-class carriers, will be named ENTERPRISE, thus becoming the ninth American naval ship to bear the name.

A graphic showing what the future USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 80) is expected to look like when she joins the fleet after 2025. The aircraft are F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, F/A-18 E and F Super Hornet strike fighters, E-2D Hawkeye electronic warfare planes, and an unmanned strike jet modeled on the X-47B sitting on the No. 4 catapult. (U.S. Navy)

[tanknetter]

The practice of naming ships after presidents needs to end. The next flattop should be another Enterprise. Then every carrier after that should rturn to being named after revolutionary war battles.

The next three CVNs have been named:

CVN-78 will be the USS Gerald R. Ford.

CVN-79 will be the USS John F. Kennedy.

CVN-80 will be ... the USS ENTERPRISE.

This last per the Secretary of the Navy speaking via video at the inactivation ceremony this afternoon. He said he couldn't stop CVN-65s retirement, but he could ensure that her legacy and the legacy of all previous Enterprises lived on. CVN-80 is slated for commissioning in 2025, to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

[DustyMoment]

The practice of naming ships after presidents needs to end. The next flattop should be another Enterprise. Then every carrier after that should rturn to being named after revolutionary war battles.

Enough of the memorials to fat farting potentates that everyone wants to forget anyway.

If I may add to your sentiment, I am of the opinion that ANYTHING built, bought or owned by the US government (aka taxpayers) should NOT be named after ANY politician. I am sick to death of these sleazebags putting their names on things that the taxpayers purchased!!