"Drifter Bob" wrote in message
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Russian Aircraft Carrier On Its Way to North Atlantic
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, MOSCOW

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov left the port of Murmansk
on March 23 to carry out military exercises in the north Atlantic,
Russian news reports said.

Is that named for Kuznetsov the WWII fighter ace?

No.

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov:
http://admiral.centro.ru/start_e.htm
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David Biddulph