USS George H.W. Bush commissioned

[buzz_knox]

Bet they said that about James Earl Carter.

The Navy named a Seawolf after Carter to ensure that his name would never be on a carrier.

[K Frame]

"The Navy named a Seawolf after Carter to ensure that his name would never be on a carrier."

Wrong.

Carter was a very well thought of submarine officer and was training for engineering service in nuclear boats when his Father died and he resigned his commission.

Hyman Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy, thought very highly of Carter and expected that he would make Admiral and be an important member of the nuclear Navy.

[Perd Hapley]

Boy, what went wrong with that Carter fella?   

[Tallpine]

Carter was a very well thought of submarine officer and was training for engineering service in nuclear boats when his Father died and he resigned his commission.

Hyman Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy, thought very highly of Carter and expected that he would make Admiral and be an important member of the nuclear Navy.

Quite a tragedy for all of us.  Better a good admiral than a bad president 



Okay, the navy has a new policy - they name boats after whatever they feel like at the moment 

[280plus]

"When I ws in we escorted the CVA America which I believe was WWII era..."

Not even close. The America was laid down in 1961 and commissioned in 1965.

DDG 14 -- USS Buchanan.

Damn, I thought one of the ones we escorted was WWII era, can't recall. Me go look,,,

Yes The "Puky Buch"... 

[280plus]

Ok, I was thinking of the Ranger, Keel laid 1954, launched 1956. Decommisioned 1992. Not exactly WWII but close. 38 years.

On 21 February 1979, the Ranger deployed for her 14th WestPac cruise

That's the WESPAC we escorted her on. We were under the command of "Jolly" Roger Barnett who dubbed us the Buchananeers. (Pretty gay if you ask me, we had a pirate's head with a knife in his teeth for a logo  :rolleyes: ) However he had connections because he worked with Nixon on SALT II and was the only commander in the Nav that was authorized to fly the skull and crossed bones for his battle flag. All the gayness aside we thought that was pretty cool. 

[K Frame]

Your Ranger was the second aircraft carrier to be so named in the US fleet.

The first Ranger, CV-4, commissioned 1934, was laid down as the first purpose built American carrier.

She was FAR smaller than the Lexington and Saratoga, and not nearly as capable.

During World War II she was the only one of the pre-war carriers not to see service in the Pacific. She was just too small. She made a good record for herself in the Atlantic, though, in anti-submarine warfare, as a training ship, and as an aircraft ferry.

[280plus]

So size DOES matter!?!