No. of Recommendations: 2
The Jimmy Carter (Seawolf) is the only time they named a vessel for someone who wasn't dead yet, as far as I know.
Carl Vinson. Keel laid October 75. Launched 1980. Vinson didn't die until 81.
John C. Stennis. Keel laid 1991. Launched 1993. Stennis died 1995.
Ronald Reagan. Keel laid 1998. Launched 2001. Reagan died 2004.
George H. W. Bush. Keel laid 2000. Launched 2006. Bush died 2018.
William J. Clinton. Scheduled to be laid down in 2027.
George W. Bush. Keel laying TBD.
By taking CVN-81 away from Miller, all Trump the Magnificent is doing is jumping the queue. But, after all, he is the most perfect, most brilliant, and most entitled, person in the world, bordering on God-hood.
Steve
