Aircraft carriers named for Presidents

[left-of-center2012]

Today one was launched, named for Gerald Ford.

Might one be named some day for Trump?

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[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Doubtful. There's not going to be a "USS Richard M Nixon" (and Nixon was a Navy man)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Some old wreck that's been at the bottom of the ocean for a few hundred years?

No aircraft carriers; maybe something more like this:

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[packman]

3. I've heard shit floats

U.S.S.S.(shit)Turd Trump

[MiddleClass]

4. Republicans naming them after manworship, Reagan, H W Bush, Ford

Democrats named them after historic other aircraft carriers, Nimitz – famous World War II general, Kitty Hawk – famous World War II carrier, Carl Vinson + John Stennis – work for years in Congress on everything military, JFK – Truman – FDR – America – enterprise – obvious

[Aristus]

5. Since we no longer have battleships, I think we should start naming carriers after the states.

Start naming them in the order the states joined the Union, starting with Delaware. And making an exception for Arizona and Utah, the two battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor that were too damaged to salvage, and are now memorialized. That would provide carrier names for at least a century.

I know that our submarine fleet is currently named after states and cities. Maybe we can name them only for cities, or go back to naming them for marine wildlife.

Naming carriers after Presidents is too close to abetting a cult of personality...

Another possibility is naming carriers after the original frigates of the US Navy, minus the USS Constitution. That would give us the USS President, USS Constellation, USS Congress, USS United States, and USS Chesapeake. Fine honorable names for aircraft carriers.

[crazycatlady]

6. Boaty McBoatface is a better name than anything after 45

[ProudLib72]

7. I heard the Polish navy was commisioning a submarine to be named after tRump

It comes complete with screen doors.

[LeftInTX]

8. Recent presidents that were in the Navy

Kennedy
LBJ
Nixon
Ford
Carter
HW Bush

ETA: Reagan didn't have any military service

[rogerashton]

9. A Pome (a bit off topic)

Garbarge
Sung to the tune of "Boll Weevil."

Oh, the Break of Day is a garbage barge,
come from up by Long Island Sound.
Went all the way down to Belize,
then had to turn around:
Just a-lookin' for a dump!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!

That garbage barge is like an old hound-dog
that goes from stump to stump,
Waitin' until he's all alone,
just a-lookin' for a place to dump!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!

I had a baked potato last night
and I threw the skin away.
Now it's a hot potato
floatin' out on New York Bay!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!

The Garbage Man got a mighty rough job,
and he sure works long and hard,
'Cause ever'body says, "You dump it somewhere,
but not in my backyard!"
Just a-lookin' for a dump!
Just a-lookin' for a dump!

One of these days, if we just keep on
-- and don't you know we will!
We can put a sign on the whole damned world
that says "Sanitary Landfill!"
And we'll find that dump!
It'll all be a dump!