Who decides what to name new aircraft carriers?

Question

Also I have seemed to notice that recent aircraft carriers tend to be named after Republican presidents...Is there a reason ?...Is it because Repubs tend to support the military more?
Just curious ,,,if I am wrong please let me know.

I know there is a USS Ronald Reagan and the navy is Building the USS George W Bush

Oh yeah derek
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Republican

Answer 1

Secy of the Navy.

List of all the carriers for you to peruse.

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/cv-list.asp

Answer 2

When a new ship is authorized, the Navy askes for suggestions on naming them from various admirals, and government officials. Names are submitted under certain criterias. i.e. type of ship. and submitted to the secretary of defense to decide.
Traditionally, carriers were named after famous battles or certain individuals. i.e. Saratoga, Coral Sea, Roosevelt.
Nimitz class carriers are either named for Presidents, Honnored Congressional leaders or senior Admirals. However, there are exceptions. In the case of the USS Jimmy Carter.This is a submarine named in honnor if Carters submarine service while on active duty. Although I do not believe political party has anything to do with it, I do believe support of the military has alot do do with it.i.e. USS Harry S. Truman, USS John F. Kennedy (Democrats).

Answer 3

Carriers are not just named after republican presidents. There was an aircraft carrier named after John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 4

There are more named after Republican Presidents than Democrats because the Repubs support the military more than the Democrats do. The Democratic Party is not as adamant in "peace through strength" (Ronald Reagan).

Answer 5

Little known tidbit about US Ship names.

The Secretary of the Navy chooses the name before christening. But whatever the Ship Sponsor calls her upon breaking the Sparkiling Wine on her hull, has always ended up being the Ship's name in th end, even if what was not the chosen name by the Sec. of Navy beforehand.

This has always been small changes like a full name vice last name or vice versa.

Answer 6

The procedures and practices involved in Navy ship naming are the products of evolution and tradition than of legislation. The names for new ships are personally decided by the Secretary of the Navy. Ship name recommendations are conditioned by such factors as the name categories for ship types now being built, as approved by the Secretary of the Navy; the distribution of geographic names of ships of the Fleet; names borne by previous ships which distinguished themselves in service; names recommended by individuals and groups; and names of naval leaders, national figures, and deceased members of the Navy and Marine Corps who have been honored for heroism in war or for extraordinary achievement in peace. I might add theoretically it has nothing to do with partisan politics.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The procedures and practices involved in Navy ship naming are the products of evolution and tradition than of legislation. The names for new ships are personally decided by the Secretary of the Navy. Ship name recommendations are conditioned by such factors as the name categories for ship types now being built, as approved by the Secretary of the Navy; the distribution of geographic names of ships of the Fleet; names borne by previous ships which distinguished themselves in service; names recommended by individuals and groups; and names of naval leaders, national figures, and deceased members of the Navy and Marine Corps who have been honored for heroism in war or for extraordinary achievement in peace.

Starting at the beginning of the 20th Century, the Navy's ships were named in accordance with a system, tailored to ship types. Names of states, for example, were borne by battleships. Cruisers were named for cities while destroyers came to be named for American naval leaders and heroes, as today's destroyers are still named. Starting in 1931 submarines were named for "fish and denizens of the deep." As World War II ship construction programs included new types of ships requiring new name sources; and other classes required a modification of existing name sources to meet a perceived shortage of "appropriate" names. Mass-produced antisubmarine patrol and escort ships were named in honor of members of the naval service killed in action in World War II. Some were named for destroyers lost in the early stages of that war. Ships lost in wartime were normally honored by having their names reassigned to new construction. During World War II the names of individuals were once again assigned to aircraft carriers.

i think you are wrong with the assumption that more are named after republican presidents..until today i didnt even realize there was a ronald reagan..i was watching something on the history challenge and in searching for this question realize there is a jimmy carter ship as well

Answer 9

You haven't seen the USS Clinton..fits very well I think.