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Originally Posted by baggygreen

Sorry, but i think the Navy's decision to name the new carrier after this bloke is a joke. Not to mention the 'subtle' push in the media for it. Never won an election and was in for only 18 months or so, a caretaker and nothing more. Surely you guys have got a lot better people to be naming your frigging CARRIERS after!

Considering he was a Naval Officer, who whilst serving on a carrier in WW2 was involved in a big firefighting effort in the middle of a Typhoon (a storm that had claimed 3 destroyers).

I think he would be one of the more worthy presidents to have a Carrier named after him.