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 RC> * Originally in crossfire
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_DISORDER
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_INC
 RC> * Crossposted in politics

 RC> Hello All!

 RC> USS Nimitz
 RC> USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
 RC> USS Carl Vinson
 RC> USS Theodore Roosevelt
 RC> USS Abraham Lincoln
 RC> USS George Washington
 RC> USS John C. Stennis
 RC> USS Harry S Truman'
 RC> USS Ronald Reagan
 RC> USS George H.W. Bush

 RC> Our most powerful Aircraft Carrier is the Nimitz Class Carrier, A class
 RC> of Naval Warship gains its designation from the name of the first ship
 RC> constructed in its class, in this case the first one built was the
 RC> Nimitz, named after Admiral Chester Nimitz of WW2 fame. It and all
 RC> carriers built in this class are then hereby known as Nimitz Class
 RC> Carriers.

 RC> Conversely other carrier classes are named after the first ship built
 RC> in its class, like Lexington, Essex, Enterprise etc.

 RC> There are 10 Aircraft Carriers of the Nimitz class, with the George H W
 RC> Bush being the last ever Nimitz class to be built.

 RC> Worthy of note:

 RC> 1 and the first ever to be built is named after a Naval Officer and as
 RC> noted, his name is the name of this carrier class.

 RC> The other 9 are named after politicians.

 RC> 3 of the 9 are Democrats.

 RC> 5 of the remaining 6 are Republican.

 RC> 1 had no official political party affiliation.

 RC> Of the 3 named after Democrats, only one of those named was a US
 RC> President.

 RC> The other 2 were Congressional members.

 RC> Since 1953, only one Democratic President has had a US Aircraft Carrier
 RC> named after him, John F Kennedy, of the same class, so disasterous it
 RC> was the only one of that class ever built.

 RC> A Nuclear Sub was named after the Peanut farmer but a sub is not a
 RC> carrier.

 RC> There are no US Naval Vessels named after Lyndon Johnson or Bill
 RC> Clinton.

 RC> Although I suspect if we ever see a USS William J Clinton, it will be a
 RC> garbage hauler.

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