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But in that case, they were deciding not to make an exception to the naming convention and they hardly did so "at the last second". It'd also be more of a dick move since they'd have been messing with a choice from a different administration which wasn't the case with the Truman. Last, it's...

Well, it would/should actually have been a President name, following the convention. That said quite a few of them were more or less racist too, if not often quiet so bad as Stennis.

IIRC, wasn't Stennis too?

I take it your not particularly familiar with who Carl Vinson was? Personally I'm also somewhat leary of ships named for politicians, but it's a wild misrepresentation to deacribe him that way. The man who came to be known as the "Father of the two ocean navy" was very much a supporter of the...

Why? Not saying you're wrong, but I don't see any obvious reason to doubt.

Huh. If you ignore the 4th picture, those are practically ST:TNG sets, right?