During the final days of the last presidency, names for the next two aircraft carriers have been announced:
CVN 82 will be the USS William J. Clinton
CVN 83 will be the USS George W. Bush
The tradition is that U.S. Navy ship names, if named for persons, are named for
deceased persons. Like many other Navy traditions, this seems to have been discarded. This old Navy man will increase the speed at which he rocks in the rocking chair and bite a bit harder on the stem of the pipe!
