Will There Ever be a USS Donald J. Trump? 

That secretary of the navy literally has been naming ships for more than 200 years. Kudos to him.

“USS United States.” That’s the most ‘This is our first ship, like, ever.’ name.

Interestingly enough Jimmy Carter is the only US President that has a ship named after him that is not an Aircraft Carrier. Some people might jokingly say that this is because carriers tend to be front and center in US projection of power and Jimmy Carter wasn't a very popular President due to his foreign policy blunders. But in reality, while in the Navy he worked on the Navy's nuclear submarine program and wanted to serve aboard the Navy's second nuclear submarine USS Seawolf (SSN-575), so it's somewhat fitting that they named one of the modern Seawolf class submarines after him.

If anybody was curious for some context: The US Navy has comissioned a total of 66 carriers, they have had many differnt names and naming conventions throughout 13 have been named after historic ships: Ranger CV-4, Enterprise CV-6, Wasp CV-7, Hornet CV-8, Essex CV-9, Yorktown CV-10, Intrepid CV-11, Hornet CV-12, Wasp CV-18, Boxer CV-21, Kearsarge CV-33, Ranger CV-61, Enterprise CVN-65 10 have been named after Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB-42, John F. Kennedy CV-67, Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69, Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, Abraham Lincoln CVN-72, George Washington CVN-73, Harry S. Truman CVN-75, Ronald Reagan CVN-76, George H. W. Bush CVN-77, Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 23 have been named after battles: Lexington CV-2, Saratoga CV-3, Yorktown CV-5, Ticonderoga CV-14, Lexington CV-16, Bunker Hill CV-17, Bennington CV-20, Princeton CVL-23, Bellau Wood CVL-24, Cowpens CVL-25, Monterey CVL-26, Bataan CVL-29, San Jacinto CVL-30, Leyte CV-32, Oriskany CV-34, Antietam CV-36, Princeton CV-37, Tarawa CV-40, Midway CVB-41, Coral Sea CVB-43, Philippine Sea CV-47, Saipan CVL-48, Saratoga CV-59 2 have been named after Navy veterans/heroes: Forrestal CV-59, Nimitz CVN-68 4 have been named for Senators/Representatives: Randolph CV-15, Hancock CV-19, Carl Vinson CVN-70, John C. Stennis CVN-74 6 have been named after historical figures: Langley CV-1, Franklin CV-13, Langley CVL-27, Cabot CVL-28, Bon Homme Richard CV-31, Wright CVL-49 4 have been named for American Concepts: Independence CVL-22, Independence CV-62, Constellation CV-64, America CV-66 1 has been named for fictional things: Shangri-La CV-38 3 have been named for places in the US: Lake Champlain CV-39, Valley Forge CV-45, Kitty Hawk CV-63 As for incomplete ships Reprisal CV-35 was named after the word reprisal, Iwo Jima CV-46 was named for the battle, United States CVA-58 was named for, well, the USA, the John F. Kennedy CVN-79 will be named for the former president, Enterprise CVN-80 will be named after the historic ships, and Doris Miller CVN-81 will be named for the WWII hero and Navy cross recipient. The training ship Wolverine IX-64 was named for the animal, and its sister Sable IX-81, was named for the small mammal. As for presidents being the namesake of carriers almost all have had some personal connection to the military. FDR was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, JFK was a Navy Lieutenant in the Pacifc, Eisenhower was the General of the Army in Europe, Teddy Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a proponent of a strong naval force, Washington was the commander of the Continetal Army, Truman served in the Army during WWI, Reagan served stateside in the Army during WWII, H. W. Bush was a naval aviator during WWII, and Ford served on the USS Monterey during WWII. Only Lincoln had no connection. So the likelyhood that Clinton, Obama, or Trump will be used as a namesake are slim due to their lack of service to the military. This list doesnt include Escort Carriers, or "CVEs" as they aren't in current use, and I dont feel like sifiting through 100+ names.

Bring back GOOD aircraft carrier names. Wasp, Hornet, Enterprise, Saratoga, Essex, Ranger...

Naming ships during WW2 might have been easier

The reason a submarine is named after Jimmy Carter is that he was a submariner himself in the late 1940s and early 1950s. So its a better tribute than naming a carrier after him.

Man, those destroyer names have always gave me chills. How can someone be called Arleigh Burke or Zumwalt. They impose respect since they were kids.

Let’s start naming submarines after fish like we did before and during the Sturgeon Class 637 Boats.

The German Navy is lazy when naming submarines, U-31, U-32, U-33, U-34 and all of the peak of naming creativity, Type 212A

My favourite US warship name is USS Prinz Eugen, having kept the name given to it by the Kriegsmarine, but what is really interesting is that Prince Eugene had commissioned ships named after him from five different navies, including the Royal Navy and the Italian navy, where the Italian namesake also survived the war, to be surrendered as a prize to Greece, which did not follow the US’s example allowing the ship to keep its name. At least the Italian ship wasn’t nuked …twice!

Excellent Thankyou. One of the best

For anyone wondering why there hasn't been any new Constitutions, it's because the original is still in active service.

"I want the names of the ships to be inspired by the constitution." ... "USS constitution"

Nicely done video, the part about naming the fish was amazing, I never knew that lol

From what I could find, this pic shows the USS Makassar Strait (renamed from Ulitka Bay), after it ran aground while under tow in 1961. 9:01 It was last used as a practice target ship.

Making up fish names to give to submarines was a genius and very funny story. Enjoyed that bit. The Alaskan bays with Russian names are also pretty humorous.

Can't wait for USS Boaty McBoatFace to show up 😅

At 9:38 seeing Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel was not something I expected to find in a video about Navy vessels 😂

Thank you

Someone once suggested that the US Navy should name ships after sponsors, like sports stadiums do. The USS McDonald's The USS Red Lobster The USS Target The USS Kum & Go

When he said USS Obama i got flashback's to COD Black ops 2

Excellent!

Milwaukee Wisconsin USA born and raised thanks for the shout out

Fun fact, Doris Miller is a Mess attendant aboard the USS West Virginia, he is not only the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, but he moved his dying captain to a safer place before manning an AA gun. He managed to shoot down a plane, all while the battleship was listing

There needs to be a carrier named Ernest E. Evans, he was the captain of the legendary destroyer USS Johnston and he’s also the first native american to receive a medal of honor.

That carrier would be all gold 😂

I don't know if anybody has pointed it out yet or not (or anybody cares) but the footage of the young folks in Dress Blues taking ship names off a board is from the first class Midshipmen Ship selection at the U.S. Naval Academy.

"Ulitka Bay" is a very interesting name for the ship, because in Russian ulitka means snail XD

I say we should take a page of of the Halo book and start naming our ships after famous phrases from speeches and poems. Examples may include something like- USS Come and Take It USS I Have A Dream USS The Buck Stops Here You get the picture.

Dory Miller is quite well known in Waco, Texas -- as is the Navy's . . . controversy . . . over awarding him the Navy Cross rather than the Medal of Honor. But the Black man from Waco has finally been honored in keeping with his heroism on the darkest day in Navy history.

Wouldn’t ever thought ship naming can be such a fascinating subject

I honestly think they should bring back the old carrier names. I mean, Enterprise is coming back, so why not names like Yorktown, Lexington, Hornet, Saratoga, Wasp. All of them have a history, all of them fought on the front lines, most of them sunk fight back against Japanese expansion and avenging Pearl harbour. I for one can’t think of a better name for these ships.

The Culture series of books by Iain M. Banks has a bunch of great ship names. Among them: • Irregular Apocalypse • No More Mr Nice Guy • So Much For Subtlety • Youthful Indiscretion • Just Read The Instructions • Gunboat Diplomat • Kiss My Ass • Big Sexy Beast • Funny, It Worked Last Time... • Ultimate Ship The Second • Size Isn't Everything and many, many more.

I remember going to a hockey game on January 26th of this year, and one of the top class navy men and his colleagues came to an Idaho steelheads game in downtown Boise, to announce that the USS Idaho was being built.

"It would be a big ship,very big,the biggest of all time."

We're gonna need more fish Edit: I could see this being a really fringe but "Best Selling" Young Adult novel where commanders 'find their spirit fish' and embody it's strength in order to fight 'the bad nation'. But tragedy strikes when both hope and fish species run dry so our endearing protagonist, a marine-biologist's son, goes looking for something new to bring peace etc.

These are the names I like Aboat Time Ship For Brains Nacho Ship Sea Señor Aquaholic Pier Pressure B-Yacht'ch and my all time favorite Unsinkable 2.

I'm reminded, humorously, of The Simpson's episode where the family gets evacuated from somewhere and the chopper pilot tells Homer that the nearest vessel is the USS Walter Mondale, a laundry ship. LOL!!

My favorites are the USS John F Kennedy and the USS Michael A Monsoor, two true heros who I have always idolized. My uncle had a ship named after him, the USS Tinsman, named after Seaman Second Class Carl W Tinsman, another hero I am proud to be related to.

I'm sure the reason is that giant brass letters would increase the radar cross-section

Start naming ship like UNSC halo ships: USS Infinity, USS Forward Unto Dawn, USS Spirit of Fire

I would hope that future ships when named after a person that the person should have served.

YEAH! *MOGA - "Make the Oceans Great Again!"*

i live in pittsburgh and the city has turned itself around

As of naming ships after foreign nationals, one should mention USS Lafayette (a class of SSBN submarines), named after the marquis of La Fayette, a French national and a hero of the American Independence War. Similarly, I think that any foreign national who rendered distinguished services, as historically recognized, to the USA as a whole, should be eligible to have a USN ship named after him, as well as any other public naming. Lafayette obviously falls into this category.

Oh, Sure! and with his wooden figurehead on the Bow... 😂😂😂

Naming the carrier after Doris Miller is wholesome af ❤

They just need to hold off on calling a ship after Trump until the Space Force gets it's first cruiser.

Mass Effect and Halo had great naming schemes. Names of songs, battles, cities, mountains, famous scientists

Yes please!

8:12 That story actually had me laughing out loud

Hoping they have another USS Constellation! Because it’s an awesome name.

imagine if mr Deez Nuts becomes president and a ship would probably be named USS Deez Nuts

I hope so. Hope there will be

The difference between the words and subtitles are also interesting

I like the narrator voice he's the only reason I'm learning this history lesson. Thank you mr.

There were a few more USN ships named after foreigners: SSBN-641 Simon Bolivar SSBN-642 Kamehameha SSBN-628 Tecumseh SSBN-633 Casimir Pulaski (He was posthumously granted honorary US citizenship - after the ship had already been scrapped) SSBN-616 Lafayette (also posthumously granted honorary US citizenship- after the ship had already been scrapped) USS Queen of France (named in 1777 - the Queen at the time was Marie Antoinette) USS Pocahontas (2 ships) AP-70 Florence Nightingale

That would be Great

The Galley at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti is named after Dorie Miller also.

"There may not be a supercarrier named USS Barack Obama either" *Sad CoD BO2 noises*

I’m not particularly fond of naming carriers after Presidents at all. I’d rather start reusing the carrier names from the Lexington, Yorktown, and Essex classes. CVN-80 will be another Enterprise so there’s that.

Good boat lore

DUDE! WHY YOU HAD TO PAINT THE SHIP ORANGE🤣🤣😅😂😂

Honestly I feel we should honor our navy veterans, and name ships after medal winners that served in the navy. I know it's done somewhat already but I think they should all honor people that have given so much for our country.

This was so interesting. Being in the UK Military for 25 years and never knew how the US Navy got names for ships. Probably the same for UK Vessels. Please make a UK Version 🙏🇬🇧

In the game carmageddon 2 released in '98 an aircraft carrier is named USS Lewinsky, after Monica Lewinsky.

My ship was the USS Comstock LSD 45 named after the Comstock load, silver mines

My dad was stationed on the USS Swallow. (A bird). It was a mine sweeper. It was not the first to have that name, at least 2 before. My dad's Ship was sunk near the end of WWII in the south China sea by a kamikaze. He survived.

Changing the tittle because this is more controversial, a true periodist

there should be... and a whole lot more.

In common usage among submariners they refer to the sub as the Corpus Christi. Leaving out the “City of” part.

"i dont have a job but at least i have a sub named after my city!!" i wonder if that really worked?

Here are some new fish names I'd choose for nuclear submarines: USS Common Carp USS Cod USS Thin Eel USS Rainbow Trout

yes, a ship to shore and back row boat.

Genuinely curious. At 0:48, we see a sailor going up to a board with a bunch of named plates. Do sailors get to pick their duty station or am I missing something?

All in favor of re-using the names of noteworthy warships in history? Yorktown, Ranger, Hornet, or Johnston, for instance.

On occasion, there have been ships named after foreign warships too. Mostly thinking of USS Canberra which was so named to honor the crew and ship HMAS Canberra that was lost alongside American cruisers at the battle of Savo Island on the night of August 9-10 1942.

I made a USS Trump this morning, it took 2 flushes to sink it

I think USS Boat is a pretty good name

The USS Constitution is the oldest and longest serving ship actively commissioned in the US Navy and was involved in the War of 1812. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides" because the British shells more often then not just bounced off the sides of her American Oak hual. And yes, her crew wears era correct US naval uniforms and are active members of the US Navy.

this is like a modern history channel

Can't wait for the USS Harriet Tubman lmao

I am overjoyed that the name of Doris Miller will prevail and be remembered for his valiant actions to defend his shipmates and his ship that day in Dec. 1941. I am white, no that is not right, I’m Caucasian, I was born in England, and, raised in Canada. I am a true Canadian and damn proud of it! This does not prevent me of pursuing my infatuation of world history. As such, the history of Doris Miller’s valour is not lost on me. The Secretary of the Navy’s choice to name an aircraft-carrier after this brave man is a just decision! Thank you Mr. Secretary

The mere mention of HMS Warspite is enough to remind me that while our American cousins make and name great ships, we brits have been doing it long enough to have the edge

Interesting video, here in Ireland, there was a practice of naming ships after women from Celtic mythology, there was one exception to that, the being the LE Aoife, but when the P60 Class, they were named after Irish writers [James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett,]. Hence the class being dubbed 'The Dead Poets Society'.

I still love how a guy during WWII had to sit down with a biologist, and just make up random names, and make sure those random names get assigned to fish in the future...... And when asked for pictures, he should've responded with : I will get you one, as soon as its available: Which can be understood in many ways. And he would not be lying.

There’s a better chance for a USS Ronald McDonald than there is a Donald J Trump.

10:33 USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) put a Navy ship picture up-side-down, during the named ceremony??? What a genius!!

I thought they were kicking around the idea of the "USS BONE SPUR".

itd be huuuuuuuuuge, i mean if i was the navy id get a smokin hot redhead to pick out my ships names too

Only in the Red Bull fluffernugen contest. 😁And it would sink like a lead balloon.

Well, some of the most recent names for warships that is absolutely awesome is the future Virginia class SSNs. USS Barb, USS Tang, USS Wahoo and USS Silversides (all named after famous submarines that fought in WW2). Then there's the upcoming Constellation class frigates. USS Constellation, USS Congress and USS Chesapeake.

I really liked this episode, and I think it earned the title, "not what you think"

Ships in 2050: USS Amogus USS DABABY Convertible USS MrIncredible Uncanny USS Bernie's Mittens USS Bing Chilling USS Clash Royale Laugh Sound Effect USS Game Theory USS Bruh Sound Effect #2 USS Discord Mod USS GIGACHAD

watching this made me think how much humanity has advanced in the last 150 years.. we’re living a portion of that and technology is already becoming more and more advanced

9:01 every photograph tells a story, what’s the one here? Update: USS Makassar Strait, ex USS Ulitka Bay, served admirably and was struck from rolls in 1958. While being towed to the scrapyard the ship ran aground and nearly split completely in half off the coast of California in 1961. The ship was apparently used as a target ship until around 1970 when the wreck was gone.

Of course...and MEXICO will pay for the construction cost of the ship. LOL.

I hope so

Cannot wait until USS Quandale Dingle comes out