Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor

The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black and an enlisted sailor. The decision to name the carrier after Miller was made during Trump’s first term.

No US aircraft carrier has ever been named after a sitting president

U.S. Navy considering renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump  CNN

US Navy may rename an aircraft carrier honoring Black WWII hero Doris Miller after Donald Trump, sparking controversy over the Pearl Harbor hero’s legacy.

Universal History Archive / Universal History Archive/Univer An aircraft carrier meant to be named after a Black sailor credited with rescuing shipmates during the attack on Pearl Harbor is inexplicably being renamed—potentially after Donald Trump. Two unnamed sources cited by CNN late Thursday said there have been in

President Trump is increasingly putting his thumb on the scale by wading more into the designs of U.S. aircraft carriers, backing potentially seismic design changes that would increase construction costs and scramble timelines to complete the build.  The president has ordered a return to steam catapults on Ford-class a