Navy reportedly weighs naming aircraft carrier for Trump instead of Black Pearl Harbor hero
The Navy is also weighing a Medal of Honor for Doris Miller as officials discuss whether to keep his name on the carrier, sources said.
- The Navy is considering renaming the USS Doris Miller, an aircraft carrier under construction, with internal discussions indicating a potential shift to honor President Donald Trump.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon efforts to remove names selected for diversity, equity, and inclusion purposes, exemplified by his 2025 order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk.
- Internally, the Navy has stopped referring to the ship by name, using only the hull number CVN-81, while officials reportedly seek to honor Miller with a different warship instead.
- Thomas Bledsoe, Miller's great-nephew, said the family was not informed of the name change, though he called the Navy's recommendation for Miller to receive the Medal of Honor "very positive."
- With the ship's keel-laying ceremony expected by year's end, the Navy faces a time crunch; naming a carrier after a sitting president would be unprecedented and require Congressional approval.
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Thomas Bledsoe, the great-nephew of Doris Miller, told Laura Coates that his family was “shocked” to learn of talk about changing the name of a future aircraft carrier. Bledsoe said the family found out from news reports rather than from the Navy. He said that caused concern and led to a family discussion about what the change would mean, reports Mediaite. Bledsoe pointed to the January 20, 2020, naming ceremony as an important day for the famil…
The US Navy is considering changing the name of the aircraft carrier CVN-81, which is still under construction and was supposed to be named after the heroic African-American sailor Doris Miller, to US President Donald Trump.
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