Posted on 01/13/2025 4:05:29 PM PST by artichokegrower
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro revealed that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN 83), marking the first time either former president has been honored with a naval vessel namesake.
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USS Harvey Milk, where young boys disappear.
Reminds me of a 70s TV show, “BJ and the Bear”.
USS “did not have sex with that woman” Clinton
don’t they usually wait until the body is cold?
I’d bet that the USS WILLIAM J CLINTON will continually need repairs for a bent shaft.
I wonder if they’ll ask Monica Lewinski to be the ship’s sponsor at christening.
We really need to think hard before proceeding to build these hugely expensive ships. In an era of ubiquitous satellites and hypersonic missiles as well as swarms of cheap drones Aircraft carriers may no longer be practical. If so, would we be better served by more smaller and cheaper V/STOL platforms?
Let’s not give them any ideas now.
I’m just here for the Clinton jokes….
2 peas 🫛 in a pod
At this rate we’ll live to see the USS Bronco Bama and the USS Go Brandon
We need to stop naming ships after politicians period!
You make too much sense to be an Annapolis grad.
We should be building motherships with drones instead.
Any other father/son combination that both had aircraft carriers, or any naval vessel named for them?
Just no. No United States ship, base, post office, etc. should be named after a living person. Enough of treating our politicians like high royalty.
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In the old days capital ships were named after the states. Let’s go back to that system when naming the fleet aircraft carriers.
(Ballistic missile submarines are currently named after the states. Why not the fleet aircraft carriers, too? There are plenty of states to go around.)
“USS Harvey Milk, where young boys disappear.”
Seems like I heard some unsubstantiated rumors about the Clinton Foundation and Haitian children.
“I’d bet that the USS WILLIAM J CLINTON will continually need repairs for a bent shaft.”
:)
Clinton foundation members were caught trying to remove children from Haiti, got arrested, and everything got swept under the rug.
Better to secure large Islands [like Taiwan] than to build more carriers.
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