MY SAY: PRESIDENTIAL NAVY….THE MT. RUSHMORE OF THE SEAS
AT PRESENT THESE ARE THE LARGE CARRIERS NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS CURRENTLY IN SERVICE
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) was named in 2004 (Seawolf Submarine)
COMING SOON.
- USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is programmed to begin construction in 2012 and to be placed in commission in 2018. USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002 A Destroyer), began construction in April 2012 and to be placed in service in 2018.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) (planned for 2015)
There are no vessels named for Presidents Clinton or Nixon. Will there be a ship named for President Obama?
THE SS LEADING FROM BEHIND
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