And Franklin getting a carrier was great! And it was 150 years after his era. It was clearly named after him because he deserved it, and not as an honor bestowed to help ensure the ship project never met with a budget cut.
The USS GHW Bush was ordered the week George W Bush was sworn in. Does anyone believe thats a coincidence? And i know he was a pilot. But as a president he was clueless. Would the American people of 150 years hence look back, and think of him the way people in 1941 thought of Franklin? I doubt it.
I read about the sea battle where the Franklin was hit over and over again with those Kamakasi planes. Although I’m a bit clueless over naming one carrier the Wasp (it was sunk). What was that all about?