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Re: CVN-78....USS Gerald Ford?!?!?!
what's wrong with Truman? I think he's an underrated prezOriginally posted by Lonestar
God I hate the current naming convention of the Carriers, especially with the way the Republicans have been pissing all over the traditional naming scheme.
(which isn't to say the Dems weren't as guilty, what with the Stennis and Truman, but still....)Comment
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Jimmy Carter was a sub guy in the navy, that's why there's a submarine named after him.Originally posted by DinoDoc
Vengeance or Annihilator sound cool.
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We need another USS Yorktown.
that should be the new name.
and yes I know it was a CG. It used to be at my naval base in Pascagoula. But a quick wiki hit shows it has been decomissioned. They should have never given the name to a CG anyways.
Famous carrier names that participated in WW2, should continue to be carrier names. As I fully expect there to be another USS Enterprise in the future as well.Comment
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Saratoga, Midway, Coral Sea, Constellation, Ranger, Ticonderoga, Intrepid, America, Lexington, Yorktown are all "homeless" carrier names at the moment.Originally posted by DanS
What name would you prefer?Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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And, of course we're going to have to replace the Enterprise and Kitty Hawk soon. All are cool names.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Is there a 'Hornet'? Always liked that name. How about 'Lexington', got another of those? Heroic history...Long time member @ Apolyton
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And why not go to state names? Those were reserved for battleships, but we have none at the moment. And are unlikly to build any.
My first choice would be USS Nevada. Perhaps the only battleship to get underway in the attack of pearl harbour. It didn't make it very far, but at least it got underway.. But it did survive the attack on pearl harbour, but wasn't used after that. In fact, wiki says it was used as a target. 
. It seems the military is more than willing to use my state for target practice. 
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The current convention has subs being named after states. (Virginia-class SSNs)
Incidently, we can also throw in the Congress or President for carrier names.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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that's right.
I forgot about the subs. It's kind of hard to treat them like real ships.
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USS Tupac Shakur.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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USS Clay Aiken, after the Greatest American Hero of them all."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
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How many of the founding fathers currently have a ship named after them? I think that Benjamin Frankilin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Payne, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and others would be great names for carriers.
We should have a boomer named Shiva in honor of Oppenheimer's famous quote.
"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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Frankilin, Jefferson, Henry were SSBNs that are now gone.Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
How many of the founding fathers currently have a ship named after them? I think that Benjamin Frankilin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Payne, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and others would be great names for carriers.
We should have a boomer named Shiva in honor of Oppenheimer's famous quote.
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