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Navy Names Two New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers After Presidents Clinton and Bush
gCaptain ^ | January 13, 2025 | Mike Schuler

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; chat; clinton; fakenews; military; navy
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Oh well it beats the Harvey Milk
1 posted on 01/13/2025 4:05:29 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

USS Harvey Milk, where young boys disappear.


2 posted on 01/13/2025 4:07:42 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: artichokegrower

Reminds me of a 70s TV show, “BJ and the Bear”.


3 posted on 01/13/2025 4:09:05 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: artichokegrower

USS “did not have sex with that woman” Clinton


4 posted on 01/13/2025 4:10:34 PM PST by rod5591
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To: artichokegrower

don’t they usually wait until the body is cold?


5 posted on 01/13/2025 4:10:59 PM PST by KingofZion
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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.


6 posted on 01/13/2025 4:11:05 PM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: artichokegrower

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?


7 posted on 01/13/2025 4:11:24 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: SharpenedEdge

Let’s not give them any ideas now.


8 posted on 01/13/2025 4:12:24 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: artichokegrower

I’m just here for the Clinton jokes….


9 posted on 01/13/2025 4:13:09 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: artichokegrower

2 peas 🫛 in a pod


10 posted on 01/13/2025 4:13:26 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: artichokegrower

At this rate we’ll live to see the USS Bronco Bama and the USS Go Brandon


11 posted on 01/13/2025 4:14:13 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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We need to stop naming ships after politicians period!


12 posted on 01/13/2025 4:16:19 PM PST by Reily (a)
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To: FLT-bird

You make too much sense to be an Annapolis grad.


13 posted on 01/13/2025 4:17:18 PM PST by Bookshelf
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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.

We should be building motherships with drones instead.

14 posted on 01/13/2025 4:18:48 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: artichokegrower

Any other father/son combination that both had aircraft carriers, or any naval vessel named for them?


15 posted on 01/13/2025 4:20:35 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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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.
😡

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.)


16 posted on 01/13/2025 4:20:55 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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“USS Harvey Milk, where young boys disappear.”

Seems like I heard some unsubstantiated rumors about the Clinton Foundation and Haitian children.


17 posted on 01/13/2025 4:22:45 PM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: SharpenedEdge

“I’d bet that the USS WILLIAM J CLINTON will continually need repairs for a bent shaft.”

:)


18 posted on 01/13/2025 4:23:16 PM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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Clinton foundation members were caught trying to remove children from Haiti, got arrested, and everything got swept under the rug.


19 posted on 01/13/2025 4:23:47 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: artichokegrower

Better to secure large Islands [like Taiwan] than to build more carriers.


20 posted on 01/13/2025 4:24:21 PM PST by Paladin2
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