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New Carrier Name

Notanaviator

Notanaviator

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Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller

Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor. He died while serving on a ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in November 1943.
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I can get down with this. I will certainly take any service member over those named for most politicians... especially a few off the top of my head...

I will say the Brits take the cake on naming conventions. Their fleet in the early 19th century was like a floating thesaurus.
 
Max the Mad Russian

Max the Mad Russian

Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Actually Yorktown would be the best name for a new carrier, resembling the best USN carrier of 1942 and then CG that pushed the Eurasian Rim closer to Soviet shore:eek:
 
Max the Mad Russian

Max the Mad Russian

Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Generally, stop to give these seven glorious names (Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, Yorktown, Enterprise, Wasp and Hornet) the USN entered WWII with to any other ships except the carriers. All in all, your victory had grown up on these very decks.
 
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Max the Mad Russian said:
Generally, stop to give these seven glorious names (Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, Yorktown, Enterprise, Wasp and Hornet) the USN entered WWII with to any other ships except the carriers. All in all, your victory had grown up on these very decks.
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When I read this all I can think about is the retrieval song from Starship Troopers:

"Shines the name - Roger Young
Fought and died for the men he marched among
In the everlasting glory of the infantry
Shines the name of Private Roger Young"
 
jollygreen07

jollygreen07

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Treetop Flyer said:
Enterprise, Hornet, Lexington, Yorktown, Constellation, Saratoga, Midway, Wasp, Ranger all would have been better choices

oops, already a Wasp
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Agreed. Doris Miller was an absolute badass and deserves the honor. Personally I was hoping for another Constellation or Ranger, but no one asked me. I guess I’m just a history nerd.
 
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