USS John Stennis

[JPK]

Isn't it ironic we named some of our most powerful warships after some of the most revered figures in our past including Abraham Lincoln and then the Reagan administration names one after one of the most virulent racists to occupy a seat in the US Senate, Mississippi Senator John Stennis. Should the Navy change the name of the ship?

[Glassunion]

1. BAN IT!!!

[Aerows]

2. And John C. Stennis Space Center

But later in life, he somewhat moderated his positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Stennis For what it is worth.

[1939]

3. Ship Naming

Not Reagan, but the Navy. The Navy very often pushes for naming ships after "friends of the Navy" . Stennis from his position of power was often instrumental in getting larger and larger naval budgets through the Senate. Carl Vinson also had a carrier named after him. Racist Senators and Representatives from the formerly sold Democratic south tended to keep being re-elected which gave them the seniority to chair the most influential committees in the two houses.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Change it to the USS Was Always Moral and Just