New Facts: Navy Considers Renaming Carrier for Trump
Navy leadership is weighing renaming the future Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier that had been planned as USS Doris Miller to honor President Donald Trump. The ship was ordered during Trump’s first term and has not yet begun major construction.
Renaming the vessel would break precedent: no US aircraft carrier has ever been named for a sitting president. The idea drew immediate backlash from veterans and civil-rights leaders, who said replacing a Black war hero’s name with the president’s would be an affront to his legacy.
Questions about the discussions were met with silence from the Pentagon and Navy, and the White House directed queries to the Department of Defense. Debate over the proposal centers on both the optics and the precedent it would set for naming major warships.
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