Trivia question

[Hornet33]

Out of all the US Navy aircraft carriers built, how many were named after aviators?

[Nefarious]

1= USS George HW Bush

[uptown]

What about the Nimitz and Forrestal? 

[gyrene81]

What about the Nimitz and Forrestal? 

Admiral Nimitz was not a an aviator.

Admiral Forrestal was.

[RTR]

What about the USS Goose?

RTR

[AWwrgwy]

U.S. Aircraft Carriers should be named for battles and not political A55-kissing.


 

wrongway

[Ruler2]

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

All carriers were named after aviators, otherwise there would be no one to fly the planes!

[MachFly]

All carriers were named after aviators

So your saying USS Coral Sea was named after a guy? 

[Ruler2]

So your saying USS Coral Sea was named after a guy? 

No, you took it the wrong way. I meant it as in the carriers were all named after aviators, because without aviators, what would be the point of a carrier?

[bcadoo]

Actually the Langley (CV-1) was named Jupiter (AC-3) when it was originally built in 1911. At that time there were 'officially' no Naval Aviators.

"The Navy’s growing interest in aviation was apparent
in early 1911 when Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson
was ordered to Curtiss’ aviation camp at North
Island, San Diego, Calif., as the first naval officer to
undergo flight training. He qualified for his Aero
Club of America license on July 6, 1911, in the A-1
Triad, the Navy’s first aircraft, and subsequently
became Naval Aviator No. 1 on March 4, 1913."

[Nefarious]

Admiral Nimitz was not a an aviator.

Admiral Forrestal was.

Bahh, I forgot about Forrestal!

[Eric122]

not the uss youktown or the lexington or enterprise.