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Polybius

(18,946 posts) Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:50 PM Jan 13

2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush

Source: Military.com

The White House announced Monday that the Navy will name the two latest Ford-class aircraft carriers after former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

The future USS William J. Clinton and the future USS George W. Bush will become the fifth and sixth ships of the Ford class -- the class of ships that is slated to eventually replace the venerable Nimitz-class carriers that are in operation today.

"When I personally delivered the news to Bill and George, they were deeply humbled," Biden said in the statement released by the White House.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the Pentagon was "honored" by the choice of names.

Read more: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/13/2-new-ford-class-aircraft-carriers-will-be-named-after-former-presidents-bill-clinton-george-w-bush.html

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2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush (Original Post) Polybius Jan 13 OP

A garbage scow is having its keel laied up for TFG Historic NY Jan 13 #1

I was going to post that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 13 #2

AFAIK, the only former president to have a Hunter/Killer sub named after them MarineCombatEngineer Jan 13 #3

Naming a ship after GW Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 13 #4

I think Clinton and W were the most senior ex-Presidents without one named after them Polybius Jan 13 #5

I think I liked the aspirational names better...Enterprise, Intrepid, etc. dutch777 Jan 13 #6

I'm glad it's not Carter as I'm not sure if he'd approve because he didn't seem like someone that would support war. cstanleytech Jan 13 #7

Ummm MarineCombatEngineer Jan 13 #8

Ohhh, no I didn't know that 😔 cstanleytech Jan 14 #15

He was in nuke submarines Historic NY Jan 13 #10

Cost $13 billion each. How many underwater drones could an adversary buy for that money? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 13 #9

Post removed Post removed Jan 13 #11

I'm not a fan of naming Naval ships after recent Presidents ThoughtCriminal Jan 13 #12

I agree Kaleva Jan 13 #14

IMHO, carriers should be named after WWII era Essex class carriers Kaleva Jan 13 #13

Historic NY

(38,326 posts)

1. A garbage scow is having its keel laied up for TFG

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:55 PM

Jan 13

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(117,920 posts)

2. I was going to post that

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:01 PM

Jan 13

Great minds think alike I guess.

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,682 posts)

3. AFAIK, the only former president to have a Hunter/Killer sub named after them

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:07 PM

Jan 13

is Jimmy Carter.
Quite the honor to a man who wholly earned and deserves it.

USS Jimmy Carter SSN 23
Seawolf class Hunter/Killer sub.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,960 posts)

4. Naming a ship after GW

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:08 PM

Jan 13

boggles the mind.
eom

Polybius

(18,946 posts)

5. I think Clinton and W were the most senior ex-Presidents without one named after them

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:12 PM

Jan 13

Biden probably had no choice.

dutch777

(3,794 posts)

6. I think I liked the aspirational names better...Enterprise, Intrepid, etc.

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:15 PM

Jan 13

cstanleytech

(27,299 posts)

7. I'm glad it's not Carter as I'm not sure if he'd approve because he didn't seem like someone that would support war.

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:20 PM

Jan 13

In which case it would be disrespectful as hell to name it after him.
Now a hospital ship I could understand as he cared about people as we saw for decades with his work with and for Habitat For Humanity.

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,682 posts)

8. Ummm

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:22 PM

Jan 13

you do know that there is a Hunter/Killer sub named after him don't you?
The USS JImmy Carter SSN 23.

cstanleytech

(27,299 posts)

15. Ohhh, no I didn't know that 😔

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:02 AM

Jan 14

Historic NY

(38,326 posts)

10. He was in nuke submarines

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:05 PM

Jan 13

a Naval Academy Grad in 1946. He stayed in the service which by all accounts he was going to make it a career. He owed 5yrs back active duty, he stayed until 1953. Even going back to run the farm he stay in the reserves to 1961 . They did name a hunter/killer submarine for him in 2005.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/us/navy-jimmy-carter-submarine.html

Bernardo de La Paz

(52,079 posts)

9. Cost $13 billion each. How many underwater drones could an adversary buy for that money?

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:57 PM

Jan 13

You could make a fast deep underwater drone with a ton of explosive for $1,000,000. So for the money you could build a fleet of 13,000 underwater drones.

And it is not just the carrier. A carrier group requires many ships to support and defend the carrier.