The recently retired USS Enterprise was our first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and took the name to ever greater fame. Later, WWII's USS Enterprise saw success in nearly every campaign of the Pacific War yet was scrapped at war's end. Though vessels carried the same name before, the mojo of the name USS Enterprise goes back to an early Navy ship, which saw success in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. The good news is a new USS Enterprise is planned, but not until after a planned USS John F. Ford is supposed to join the fleet in 2016. Ford or the Enterprise? An aircraft carrier to be named USS Gerald R. Thinking of those who may only glimpse an American ship once, wouldn't it mean more seeing a name that stirs the heart?Īsk yourself, which sounds more like the newest most powerful ship in the Navy: the Gerald R. When a capital ship appears in a foreign land, shouldn't it seem like part of the Navy and part of America, and not a political party favor? That's the type of ship where these other political names should have been bestowed.
Johnson, and that seems appropriate for a president and WWII Navy veteran. A future destroyer is slated to be named for the late President Lyndon B. Murphy, who died in combat in Afghanistan, becoming the first member of the Navy since the Vietnam War to receive the Medal of Honor. Another is USS Michael Murphy, named for Navy SEAL Lt.
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