The Newest Aircraft Carrier Names: Naval History News

[@jliller]

It's a shame that three significant WW2 carrier admirals - Halsey, Spruance, and Mitscher - only got destroyers named after them.

[@MrTexasDan]

USS Halsey would be doomed to sink in a terrible cyclone or two.

[@ChrsGuit]

​@@MrTexasDanNah, if it were a carrier, it'd weather the storm... If it were a Destroyer named after him, not so much...

[@MrTexasDan]

@ Maybe so, or not ... the world wonders.

[@kanrakucheese]

If it doesn't have a gun (railgun is fine), it's not fit for the name USS Willis Lee

[@Masada1911]

I could really do with some classically named carriers. You know, Saratoga, Kitty Hawk, independence, Lexington. Stuff like that. Most carriers being named after presidents is a little boring.

[@Chilly_Billy]

It also raises them to the class of royalty, which isn't an American idea at all.

[@Masada1911]

@ interesting point. I had not thought of it like that.

[@andrewkessinger5966]

Instead they wasted several of the famous names on frigates

[@EeeDee1]

plus Hornet and Wasp

[@adrianklaver113]

@@Chilly_Billy It is also a not so subtle bribe to future presidents, support the Navy and we will name a ship after you.

[@map3384]

What happened to names like Yorktown, Lexington and Hornet?

[@GymQuirk]

With the exception of Enterprise, the “traditional” CV names got shifted to LHAs (Helicopter Assault Ships) of the Gator Navy.

[@peteranderson037]

Some of those old CV names were also given to several Tico cruisers.

[@burisleifwenden1784]

They should name the ship Lexington. It's the 250th anniversary of the battle. Hope it will change soon.

[@MK0272]

They don't have political clout.

[@Frederick-m6n]

I agree with you!!! Absolutely…. George jr and Clinton are terrible choices… Sets up the “Obama”???? Your choices are right on and collectively staved off the Japanese, and shows a strong message..

[@wrightsublette1701]

I know I'm a cold war dinosaur but I'm waiting to get a USS Lexington, USS Yorktown and USS Saratoga back in the fleet as carriers. The Samuel B Roberts needs to be the next Constellation class FFG, and name perhaps the last Burke Class DDG for the USS Johnston.

[@TheRealGraylocke]

Let's make sure that History never forgets the name Enterprise.

[@ChrsGuit]

CVN-80 is USS Enterprise... should be launched in November

[@shaundis2117]

WHICH HE DID

[@anthonybanchero3072]

I often joke There must be a secret, between the lines clause in the Constitution we can’t go more than a few years without an Enterprise.

[@TheRealGraylocke]

@@ChrsGuit But Ryan didn't mention her.

[@TheRealGraylocke]

@@shaundis2117 No he did not. I'm sure it's just a mistake on Ryan's part. We all know CVN-80 Enterprise is being built.

[@waynewolfe8817]

The Enterprise will never get old for me...

[@panzermensch1577]

To those not understanding why "Enterprise" isn't brought up in the video or mentioned as a new vessel... Is because these are ships that are being NAMED for NEW construction. Where the Enterprise is already being built. She's not "new", she's in Drydock being pieced together right now.

[@derekm79]

The US navy should never be without any carriers named Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Or Wasp, Langley and Kittyhawk. Maybe we could even build a pair of lake training carriers again and bring back Wolverine.

[@w6krg]

My first ship, USS Constellation CVA-64, is now a damn Frigate! How about Lexington or Bunker Hill?

[@cptjeff1]

@@w6krg I really have no objections to the frigates, naming them after the original 6 frigates was a really nice idea IMO. How they managed to avoid using all 5 of the available original frigate names before going to random other names escapes me, though. Where are President and United States? I mean, maybe USS United States is simply too grandiose for a FFG, but President should be fine.

[@ChrsGuit]

Lexington and Saratoga...

[@christopherduitsman]

​@@w6krg Bunker Hill is an Arleigh Burke destroyer. Lexington is an LHA or a Ticonderoga Cruiser.

[@jamesc9754]

Stop naming ships after politicians, unless they actually had exemplary military service.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Especially ones still living that invites premature bad luck on the ship's name.

[@jliller]

I think naming ships after political figures is fine, as long as they deserve it. Washington, Lincoln, both Roosevelts, JFK. Bush I was a stretch, but Gulf War and he was a WW2 vet so okay. Ford was also stretch, but he was also a WW2 and a respected Congressman for over two decades. Clinton? Bush II? Seriously??? Obama is undoubtedly next. I voted for him twice and don't regret it, but he didn't have a presidency that justifies having an aircraft carrier named after him.

[@anthonycordovano2438]

Grateful there's not going to be a USS Harris

[@MethaneHurricane]

Indeed. Naming one after President Blowjob would seem to be a new low.

[@washingtonradio]

@@jliller Dorris Miller is a much better person to honor than Obama or most politicians for that matter. Miller is a genuine hero who was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery will aboard the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor. Miller also faced discrimination as Black man at that time and is the real deal as hero.

[@SkylerinAmarillo]

It’s shameful to name ships after living people. And naming them after politicians is even worse. And Doris was a brave and courageous man, but even Medal of Honor recipients only get destroyers named after them. Doris had a Navy Cross. I’m not demeaning the Navy Cross, I certainly don’t have one, but that’s not enough to have a carrier named after someone. But I guess it’s better than Clinton or Bush.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

Agreed.

[@johnjones5354]

I don't have a problem with USS Doris Miller, but I absolutely HATE the idea of USS Clinton and USS GW Bush.

[@malibuclassic77]

Everett Alvarez Jr is getting a Frigate FFG-68, and while he is alive now, he may not be by the time it’s done. I also don’t think it’s shameful to name a ship after him in any way.

[@AirbornChaos]

Doris deserved a MOH. He only got the Navy Cross because he was a black man in the 1940s.

[@SkylerinAmarillo]

Ok. Give him the medal, not a capital ship. Medal of Honor recipients get destroyers, not carriers.

[@MethaneHurricane]

This guy has the coolest job. Love your work Ryan.

[@Decrepit_biker]

Having two carriers named George Bush is just confusing, even if they are slightly different....

[@erbmiller]

Even better homeport them together with the George Washington. Someone's bound to confuse the three.

[@scale_model_apprentice]

Three George's instead of Three Gorges!

[@devzeppelin1911]

Easy, we got USS Bush & USS Dubya

[@oldcarnocar]

@@devzeppelin1911 uss hw bush, uss stupids aka dubbbbya. uss purple std aka sick willie

[@professorsogol5824]

@@erbmiller Then they could be known as the George the First, the George the Second and the George the Third!

[@a.d.coberly5646]

USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy.

[@glectarful]

My only issue with the new Supercarrier Names is that I was under the impression the Presidents name used typically had to be one who served in the Armed Forces, with only a few exceptions. Considering Bill Clinton was known to be a draft dodger with a controversial relationship with the Military, I just find it a little unfitting when, as Ryan addressed, there are several Historical Presidents, many who did serve, who would make fitting names for a Carrier before these more contemporary figures, I immediately think of Ulysses Grant, William McKinley, and Franklin D. Roosevelt for a non serving example. Though if it were up to me, I share the general sentiment here of bringing back more classical naming conventions for supercarriers.

[@EMJ31]

@@glectarful FDR did serve as Secretary of the Navy, though.

[@jessicawells5145]

You are so right!!! Thank you for sharing your opinion

[@robertf3479]

@@EMJ31 FDR did get a carrier named for him, CVB later CV-42 USS Franklin D Roosevelt, a Midway class ship.

[@kanrakucheese]

@@EMJ31 Where the only part of his "service" people remember is having SAed dozens of navy sailors as part of a witch hunt.

[@EMJ31]

@@kanrakucheese Thanks I didn’t know about that. I’ll look that up. Maybe that was similar to what caused Douglas McArthur to be shocked and infuriated with him.

[@navyreviewer]

No USS Thomas Jefferson? The president who started the US navy? No USS Warren Harding? The president who was pivotal in the development of the carrier? Well, I guess if we'll name a carrier after Truman, why start having an ounce of self respect now?

[@lzcontrol]

USS LYNDON B. JOHNSON USS RICHARD M. NIXON Both served in the Navy in WWII.

[@alexis_ian]

​@lzcontrol Their is already a USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) a Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer.

[@glorioustigereye]

@@alexis_ian damn what did he do to get stuck with a Zumwalt?

[@justinegorski2703]

@@glorioustigereyehe was Commander of the Naval reserve.

[@bigpoppa1234]

@@lzcontrol Nixon doesn't deserve having anything named after him.

[@kanrakucheese]

Bush Sr.’s history as a naval aviator has guaranteed his name will be reserved for carriers as long as that’s a class and the US Navy names them after PotUS, but I think Coolidge the Great (when you halve the national debt, you get that title) deserves a submarine over a carrier, since he was renown for being a quiet man. A USS Theodore Roosevelt as a submarine would also work since 1: he was the first PotUS to go on one 2: Better fits his mantra of "speak softly and carry a big stick". Though on the subject of submarine names: USS New Orleans and USS Shenandoah sound like perfect names for second strike capable submarines.

[@tomdolan9761]

Teddy was also the first President to fly

[@BogeyTheBear]

Don't forget the reason the Jimmy Carter is a submarine. Name another President who was a nuclear engineer (then again, Abe Lincoln was the only pro wrestler to become a President...)

[@kanrakucheese]

@@BogeyTheBear Also a submariner. Also don't forget how that nuclear engineer pronounced "nuclear"

[@RandallBriggs-s2k]

I like your take on Silent Cal.

[@Juanito0011]

The new Intrepid is a new Arleigh Burke class Destroyer, DDG-145, not a Constellation Class Frigate.

[@CrazyWhiteBoomer]

There needs to be a law that forbids the naming of any ship, aircraft, military instillation, weapons system, etc... after any individual who has not been deceased for at least 75 years. The only exception is for CMH, Navy Cross, and Distinguished Service Medal recipients...

[@charlesmaurer6214]

I agree except for the timeframe. While not law it is considered extreme bad luck for any ship to be named for a living person and is begging to be sunk by doing so by most that go at sea. Also such bad luck transfers with the name even after that person dies. The last carrier named for someone not long dead was the USS Forestall and it burned twice, once from a missile fired by a future Senator from her deck then during a refit in the late 90's causing her to be stricken early. She was the conventional powered sister to the Enterprise.

[@All2Meme]

I agree. I really hate that aircraft carriers have been named entirely for politicians since USS Nimitz (CVN-68) was built. The USS Harry S Truman was the worst choice of a name for a carrier, as he hated the Navy in general and the Marine Corps in particular. In my humble opinion, capital ships like aircraft carriers should be named for things evocative of America as a whole, and not as a sop for controversial, divisive, and undeserving politicians.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Good call. Won't happen

[@davidbriggs7365]

@@charlesmaurer6214 Sorry, the Forrestal was not a sister to the Enterprise. She was a member (the FIRST member) of the first Super Carrier Generation, along with Saratoga, Ranger and Independence. The second generation included the Kitty Hawk, Constellation, America, John F. Kennedy and Enterprise, all of which had two elevators ahead of the island, not just one like the first generation.

[@caudleryan123]

I believe Ronald Reagan was still alive to see his carrier commissioned. I could be mistaken, though.

[@byronharano2391]

Blessings to you Ryan and your crewmen! Bravo Zulu. In the snowfall you stand your watch bravely Ryan. Much respect.

[@SteveMikre44]

Don't forget the Ford Class USS Enterprise (CVN-80)...

[@davelewandoski4292]

Imagine being assigned to the USS Slick Willie? 😮

[@burisleifwenden1784]

Pete Hegseth should ask the navy to rename the newest carrier as Lexington. It's 250th anniversary of the battle.

[@timber_wulf5775]

Honestly I’m sure if there is large enough support from the country to rename Slick Willy and Other Bush they will. Horribly insulting to the legacy our carrier fleet has especially to a man who had done some interesting *things* while literally in the oval office.

[@oldcarnocar]

@@timber_wulf5775 oral orifiace.....

[@glorioustigereye]

The America class LHA's are being named after battles so we could see Saratoga and Lexington squeeze in there.

[@kennethhummel4409]

Ships names… I wanted to see the names Pompeii and Vesuvius used for a couple Zumwalt class destroyers. Since the Zumwalts were built around large and unusual guns just like the dynamite guns of USS Pompeii and hers sister ship USS Vesuvius back in the 1880s-90s.

[@michaelsommers2356]

Naval ships should absolutely never be named after living people. Not even presidents. Wait until a president has been dead for five years before naming a ship after him. For anyone else, wait fifty years. Naming ships after living politicians is disgusting.

[@EMJ31]

100% agreed. The Doris Miller choice was BRILLIANT and APPROPRIATE. One of these new carriers should’ve been named after Donald Stratton, USS Arizona Survivor, except the Donald Stratton would want it named after Joseph George, the man on the USS Vestal who defied his superiors ridiculous and cruel order to allow Stratton and his few other survivors to die, and then threw them the line to save them. There are so very many like that who deserve to have such grand ship named after them, infinite millions of times more than any politician, whether that politician “served” or not….WITH the sole exceptions being for someone like President John F Kennedy, who actually and very heroically served in the Navy, and saved other sailors in the process of his service.

[@CrazyWhiteBoomer]

Concur and it should be 75 years... Only exceptions are for CHM, Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Medal recipients!

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

Totally agree. It seems political patronage.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

@@EMJ31 I think Doris Miller should have been a smaller ship. Capital ships like the missile subs and supercarriers should be above people in naming on Ideals, States or Legacy Names. Early Carriers were named for first in Aviation and Battles, The Battles like Saratoga or Lexington might shift back to other classes (Built on planned Battlecruiser hulls that kept the names when adapted) But Kittyhawk, Langley, Wasp and Hornet needs restored to the list. Also the new headlines "Hornet launches her nest of Hornets to Sting the enemy" Medal of Honors or High ranking officers should be used for your escort and patrol ships of the fleet of Destroyer to Frigate classes that are the point of the spear and shield to encourage that fighting up close spirit. Carriers if adopting such in close combat is stupid as it gets. You don't have a carrier try to ram or board an enemy ship or stand in the heart of an attack shooting guns dry while ships are being sunk. Her job is to get out of the field of combat and stay out to act as a launching and retrieval point for her birds.

[@timber_wulf5775]

@@EMJ31I don’t entirely agree with you statement about some presidents. If we are going to name them at least be military men like you said. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Washington, with some exceptions. President Carter deserved the submarine since he WAS a former submarine officer and felt fitting. But yeah some carriers are out of touch with their names.

[@robertf3479]

For those who, like me, dislike the idea of naming ships for living men I recommend that as soon as we get a new SECDEF and SECNAV we start lobbying them to dump Clinton and Dubya and dust off more traditional names like Lexington, Saratoga, Hornet, Ranger, Wasp and so on. Under the law, the authority to name USN ships lies with the Secretary of the Navy.

[@MatthewMakesAU]

I wouldn't trust a Trump nominee to name a dog, let alone a capital ship

[@JanieSalas-q8b]

I was under the impression. We were not to give any names in ho or of any person still.alive ....thank you for the beautiful views in your area. I am in lytle texas 30 miles sw of San Antonio Texas. The way I ser this video Is as if I was standing right there with you. Keep up.the excellent work you are doing in getting all this information to us ❤❤❤

[@LtAlex3945]

USS JOHN ADAMS, the man who created the US NAVY "damnit!" Just to quote 1776 the movie/musical.

[@JCbull]

Next super carriers should be Lexington, Yorktown, Saratoga, etc

[@cqdmgy]

USS Ryan Szimansky!

[@MK0272]

USS David Rice Atchinson. He's the guy some say served as the president for a day between James Polk and Zachary Taylor.

[@romad275]

He was drunk the entire day, though.

[@w6krg]

If any former crew members of the Kennedy want moments, International SHipbreaking has an E-bay site where they sell items made from metals salvaged from the carriers. I have a copper Challenge coin from the USS Constellation and a brass "Dog Tag" from the USS Ranger. I missed out on a piece of flight deck, but they'll likely be selling those as well.

[@f-man9252]

Supporting from my reserve channel, BB-62!

[@handle25]

Carriers should be named after battles. The greatest victories reserved for the super carriers. If not… USS James A Garfield has a ring to it. A distinguished veteran , and perhaps the most fitting man to ever hold the office.

[@artlinwood4348]

What about Enterprise?

[@Cirux321]

CVN-80.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

@@Cirux321 Not now that was stuck for the Presidents

[@anthonyb5279]

The Enterprise is already under construction. Can't have a US Navy without an Enterprise. Even if we have to steal it from the British.

[@All2Meme]

It looks like Enterprise is safe (for now). It's possible that either CVN-82 and CVN-83 could be renamed before they are laid down, as CVN-75 was supposed to be the USS United States but was renamed the USS Harry S Truman (why an aircraft carrier was named for the Navy-hating Harry S Truman I will never know).

[@kevinfox6584]

​@@Cirux321my understanding is that Enterprise is CVN -80....can't have a war without her in the fleet !!!!

[@mm3mm3]

Slick Willy!

[@anthonyb5279]

Its gona be called that.

[@FP194]

Its nickname will be the big blue dress

[@marlenevan4661]

​@@FP194Close but no cigar.

[@anthonyb5279]

@@FP194 No one is going to want to serve on that ship.

[@henryzenke949]

"I did not inhale "

[@ChrisGentry-e9z]

They need to build a USS Belleau Wood as a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. My dad served on (lha-3) in the early 90's and I have an older friend who's dad served on (cvl-24) back in ww2.

[@Jo-un6es]

Luckily there are more unnamed America-Class LHA's on the way. It's a bit more fitting to name an LHA given how many Marines are meant to work on and operate from it. That and it keeps the straight deck legacy alive from CVL-24.

[@CoolChannelName]

A delve into the manufacturers of the equipment onboard is always fascinating. How many light bulbs are on the ship including control panel lights? The video about the dry dock was very interesting. In upstate NY near the Niagara River is a building where turrets for army tanks were formed and it still has the concrete forms used, it's currently being used as multi-use storehouse. Any story on how and where things were made.

[@elijahwerner6130]

I'd be curious to know which heritage items were preserved; I know there are some general "top picks" but I wonder if there was anything unique or odd that was chosen.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Just Note a new authority will be in place in days and these last minute names can be changed by the incoming leadership.

[@ChrsGuit]

As I hope will happen... Make the fleet great again! There should ALWAYS be an Enterprise Yorktown, Lexington, Saratoga, and Hornet in the fleet...

[@MrRmeadows]

Like this channel. Look forward to watching it every day. Google didn't recommend it today. So I had to find it my self; Hop everything is ok.

[@dvone4124]

James Knox Polk should be more than a crossword puzzle answer. I believe he was last used for SSN-645, decommissioned 1999.

[@oldcarnocar]

4 touch downs in one game

[@mdb831]

If I were Secretary of the Navy. It would be Coral Sea and Lexington

[@landonbell1817]

For the sake of history and heritage, we need to name a CVN Bonne Homme Richard.

[@erbmiller]

I wanna see the USS Appalachia, USS Dixieland, USS New England, and USS midwest, and other major regions of the country.

[@CrazyWhiteBoomer]

I like it!

[@calebdoner]

Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge.

[@pauljensen5699]

Indeed. 😂

[@jeffreyhill8040]

Nostalgic to see the Kennedy "underway" one final time. I often wonder just how many individuals served aboard a ship like that during its lifespan. And those that have memories of serving near the Kennedy for an extended period of time, which is my experience. Aboard a DDG escorting the carrier during two Med Cruises, 1975 and 1976. When I look at the Port side forward in these videos, I am looking at the spot where, on a dark night off the coast of Sicily, the USS Belknap slid under the carrier's overhang deck and had the most catastrophic fire you can imagine. We were less than a mile away, and quickly became the main firefighting ship alongside Belknap all night long. Kennedy had to anchor out in places like Naples, which the Task Group were in and out of constantly. While all us smaller ships tied up at the cruise ship dock, nearly in downtown. We went through a typhoon one year, and from our ship, safe in the harbor, we watched through the binoculars as one of Kennedy's big crew barges, or maybe even an Officer's Gig, break loose in the storm and slowly make its way onto the rocks in the north part of the port. Nothing anyone could do to save it. I somehow scammed my way aboard a couple of times to get some 'needed parts' from their well-equipped shop. Strange to realize she was only about eight years old, then. Still a showpiece, since the Nimitz was just getting close to commissioning. And once Nimitz was commissioned, I had the treat of seeing the two carriers across the pier from one another in Norfolk - and Nimitz was casting a shadow over Kennedy. Thanks for doing that livestream yesterday, it was an ideal way to see her off. Underway once more.

[@zoopercoolguy]

I saw something a while ago where the Navy determined that over a quarter million sailors served on CVN-65 during her career. The numbers are likely similar for CV-67.

[@StrikeFreedom21A]

We need enterprise hornet and Yorktown all as one class of aircraft carriers again

[@F-Man]

Greetings, BB-62 crew!

[@matthewmcpherson8831]

Yorktown,hornet make them happen

[@ChrsGuit]

Lexington and Saratoga as well

[@ThumperE23]

The new Intrepid will be a Flight 3 Burke Class Destroyer DDG-145 to be exact, not a Frigate.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Forgot CVN 80 ENTERPRISE.

[@Knight6831]

Yeah this gets a few things wrong The next Intrepid is USS Intrepid (DDG-145) is a planned Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer

[@MichaelD-fn5lv]

Correcting a man who studies history for his career.. That's wild!

[@00midnightcat]

John Cabell Breckinridge (14th vice-president) sounds pretty funny for a carrier.

[@yolkiandeji7649]

USS Woodrow Wilson to trigger all of the Presidency nerds.

[@HipposOnCrack]

I would propose USS FDR and USS Ulysses S Grant

[@randallfawc7501]

How about the new/next Enterprise??? I believe the Doris Miller comes after the Enterprise.

[@markwheeler202]

Enterprise (under construction), Hornet, Yorktown, Wasp, Saratoga?

[@matthew____879]

I feel like William Mc Kinley would be a cool name

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Hope the know it is considered extreme bad luck to name any ship for any living person. They are asking to be sunk if built with any living person's name.

[@LegionOfEclaires]

Carrier names should be reserved to Presidents, significant Admirals, patriotic themes/concepts such as "Independence", "America" or "United States" or famous Battles. The only exceptions I'd be willing to make, "Enterprise" or something named after significant Aviators like the Wright Brothers, or "Kitty Hawk" (where the first airplane flew...). It annoys me when the Navy has a naming convention and then break from that convention.

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

Not any president to be honest. Only ones who served in the Navy

[@MrScottb2y]

I thought next CV was Enterprise

[@yankee1219]

What about CVN 80 USS Enterprise?

[@cptjeff1]

If we're going to reach back to old Presidents, USS Ulysses Grant would be a good one. Sure, he was Army, but his campaign against Forts Henry and Donelson are often credited as being some of the first true combined arms campaigns in US military history, and well, he won the war. As President, he created the Department of Justice and fought the KKK, which got him slandered by confederate apologists for a century despite a pretty good record as President and in his post Presidency, toured the world as an unofficial diplomat (though transported by the Navy) and resolved a war between China and Japan, and becoming the first US President to travel overseas after having been elected President. We haven't had a ship named for him since one of the old Polaris subs. Could be worth changing. But really, I'd prefer to bring back the old school carrier names. Two names I'd particularly like to come back are Ranger and Hornet. Ranger as a John Paul Jones tribute, the ship he led while commanding the only attack on UK soil during the revolution, and Hornet, because Doolittle raid.

[@NemoGraynameA8]

Grant's problem is that his administration wws corrupt so hes remebered poorly. (not the man himself he just had bad friends)

[@KennethStone]

I’m a little bit biased, since I work on the USS Hornet right now, but that’s a good name that hasn’t been used in 50 years. I also like the fact that weapons resupply ships are usually named after volcanoes 😂

[@homeonegreen9]

They have also named ships that have not even been procured yet.

[@chrishartmangruber8282]

What are they doing to do with all the stuff that was stored on the carrier that you had mentioned in a previous video that is left over from other ships in the fleet? Like the parts and other things that could fit on New Jersey.

[@JeffA_]

My obscure president pick has to be the… USS Van Buren. Separate question, would an amphibious battleship ever be a possibility? As a former gator Navy sailor, I would say our ARG’s (of the 90s) had very little shore battery capacity outside of the helicopters. It seems like a fast and heavy conventionally armed battle ship (cruiser?) would compliment current ARGs. Thanks

[@cmcb7230]

Rename one of the newly named carriers to Intrepid and rename the other Bon Homme Richard.

[@geoguy001]

have you guys ever done a Battleship Maine video (mystery of its explosion) which started war with Spain?

[@checkj21]

I want to jokingly say USS William Henry Harrison, but I feel like that’s a bad omen 😌 Taft would be an interesting one, president and chief justice…I hear Polk was also a rather effective president even though he’s seldom discussed - he deserves to be known for more than a fictional middle school! 😅

[@silk7306]

Coral Sea

[@mpf1947]

Super Heavy Carrier William Howard Taft

[@ScottAndNumbers]

Give us the USS Taft Supercarrier

[@NemoGraynameA8]

It needs to be slightly wider than all the others though

[@Papasmag]

It would have the best bathing facilities in the navy.

[@siontoh8392]

I like the fact that your requirement to name a ship using past presidents name is how funny it will be.

[@gorter23]

has there been a ship name used on all classes of ships? like destroyer, cruiser, battleship, oiler etc. maybe we can complete a flush

[@BrianAbarr-bj6dq]

What happened to the new carrier Enterprise?

[@robertgarrett5009]

You forgot CVN-80 the third Ford class.

[@AvengerII]

Wonderful... We're gonna have a new supercarrier with the nickname "Bubba" in the near future! I'm not crazy about the naming of its later sister ship, either...

[@lewiscrow]

The USS William Henry Harrison. Chances are good it will be in commission longer than its namesake was president. 😁

[@stewiesaidthat]

I second that motion.

[@christianwall7181]

How about William H Harrison? Or warren G Harding? Coolidge, Nixon and Hoover have been suggested by other posters; names that also occurred to me!

[@slimeydon]

I really wish they’d go back to naming carriers to traditional names, Yorktown, Lexington, Hornet

[@devzeppelin1911]

Should've been USS Thomas Jefferson & USS Andrew Jackson

[@nicolassantiago5581]

USS John Tyler, the first vice-president to ascent to president by death of the predecessor and who, up to until a few years ago at least, had living grandsons

[@owenmerglianoalt6517]

CVN-84 USS William Henry Harrison

[@christianwall7181]

Sorry, I missed your post when I suggested Harrison. You got there before me - good call 👍

[@Orxenhorf]

You just know the incoming egomaniac is going to try "ordering" that a "super, duper, mega carrier" be built and named after him.

[@DarthMcLeod]

The USS "Hoober Heever"... Also question: What happens to a ship that goes to the breakers?

[@tomdolan9761]

They are dismantled. Google USS Kitty Hawk to view the process

[@ApacheBob41]

Sec of Defense is responsible for naming ships.

[@steeleslicer1217]

I'm a Navy vet 73-76, in boot we were taught that carriers were named after historic naval ships, famous battles or historically important people. Very sad that it's turned into politics, while very historic names now get assigned to LHD's and such.

[@tuxedotservo]

William Henry Harrison Give the guy his flowers for his month-ish in office.

[@jackstevens6263]

Don’t forget Enterprise

[@nx014]

What about naming a Constellation frigate after “ USS Samuel B Roberts” or “ USS Johnston “

[@nx9100]

I was hoping the next Ford-class would bring back old carrier names: Langley, Lexington, Saratoga, etc

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

So sad to see Kennedy on her way to the scrappers...

[@M--ri2ef]

We need another Destroyer named USS O'BRIEN. The ww2 summer class DD-725 was in the thick of it all through the war and served throughout Vietnam.

[@JS-Outdoors]

what happened to classic carrier names? Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, Enterprise, Wasp, Hornet?

[@1howtoplace]

I feel sorry for anyone who gets assigned to Slick Willy.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Hmm, bad luck for naming after someone still living and Slick Willy nickname. Would the bad luck be sliding off the deck or sideways accidents or failed launch issues due to cat issues? They will have worse luck than the Willy D.

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Technically...........Intrepid is the name of a constitution class cruiser in star trek. So..........being a cruiser size ship with a hopeful laser weapon would be pretty fitting

[@bradanderson1051]

Very soon the Dorie Miller will be online with the US Navy. Even though he received the navy cross for his actions on 7 December 1941 I believe that he should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.

[@tristang4138]

USS Taft when

[@glorioustigereye]

It seems that new American class Amphibious assault ships are being named after battles now so we could see a Saratoga and Lexington squeeze in there one day. Cruisers picked up the CV names but now it seems cruisers themselves are falling out of fashion. Subs get states and previous subs (glad to see Barb return). LPD's are named after state capitols or cities with New York and some politicians being the exception (Richard mcCool does have a cool sounding name so he slides). All the legacy names have left to attach themselves to are frigates. But Intrepid got stuck with an Arleigh Burke. She is also the only Arleigh Burke to not named after a person. At least Burkes are larger than Constellations.