Members of Doris Miller's family at the ceremonial first cut of steel for the aircraft carrier Doris Miller, August 25, 2021. Huntington Ingalls Industries
Business Insider/1945: The Navy has started building the next ship in its newest class of carriers
* In late August, the US Navy and shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries held a ceremony for the start of construction on the newest Ford-class carrier.
* The future USS Doris Miller will be the fourth Ford-class carrier and the second ship to honor Miller, who earned the Navy Cross for his actions at Pearl Harbor.
It will likely be more than a decade until the USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier is commissioned into the US Navy, but recently the first significant milestone occurred when the First Cut of Steel ceremony was held in Newport News.
The event signaled the formal start of construction for the new warship, with six members of Messman Second Class Doris Miller were in attendance.
Miller, the ship's namesake, became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross, which he earned for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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WNU Editor: CVN-81 is the first aircraft carrier to be named for an African-American and the first named in honor of a sailor for actions while serving in the enlisted ranks.
3 comments:
Buy the time it's finished the US will technically not be a nation state anymore,..
I guess that this ship-naming checks all the boxes...
FOUR,
GLASS,
HULKS,
R,
Double D (102),
You need some help "By the time it's finish..." FTFY
They could have named it the USS Dunham., but that would not haver worked since it is already in use.
Ship names are political. One was named after racial segregationist and Democrat Senator Stennis. Democrats live their racists something fierce!
Subs are name after cities to garner support. Is that such a smart move since cities are such cesspools?
One ship, the Harvey Milk, is named after a child molester.
The ship should be name after a medal of honor winner, who was black and received it posthumously like Powhatan Beaty. There are 90 medal of honor winners and they did not pick one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_Medal_of_Honor_recipients
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