Will The Next U.S. Aircraft Carrier Be Called The USS Barack Obama?

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Dave Majumdar, National Interest: USS Barack Obama: Building a Future Aircraft Carrier

Should the U.S. Navy name a future Ford-class carrier after President Barack Obama?

Since the 1990s, most of America’s aircraft carriers have been named after U.S. presidents, save for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). Thus far, out of the planned ten-carrier Ford-class, the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) are named after presidents, but CVN-80 will follow the long tradition of using the name Enterprise. The next carrier after Enterprise, CVN-81, will likely be revert to the convention of naming carriers after presidents. Indeed, there is a case to be made for naming the ship USS Barack Obama.

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WNU Editor: President Carter has a sub named after him .... USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), and I suspect that George W. Bush will have an equal recognition in the future (there is already a USS George Bush aircraft carrier). So yes .... President Obama may have an aircraft carrier named after him .... (maybe) ... and if there is money to build one.