(Bob) wrote:

Anybody else bothered by the naming of US aircraft carriers after
people who were still living at the time? I'm sure that Carl Vinson
(CVN-70) & John C. Stennis (CVN-74) did good thing but to have a
carrier named after them? I wish the US Navy would go back to naming
carriers after famous battles & ships. Would it not be great to have
in the fleet carriers again named USS Hornet, Lexington, Saratoga,
Oriskany. It would honor the sailors that served on these great ships.

Many, as evidence by the numerous threads in s.m.n over the
years. To no noticeable effect on the current naming policies of
SecNav [with the advice of the current President, Congress,
etc.]. As the KOG pithily observed, "Fish don't vote."
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