"If I had a choice between a submarine and an airport, I'd choose a submarine." - Jimmy Carter

[gridlore]

So Ronald Reagan has an aircraft carrier and an airport named after him. Jimmy Carter has a nuclear submarine.

The U.S.S. Jimmy Carter was christened today by President and Mrs. Carter.

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[aurictech.livejournal.com]

In general, I really don't care for naming US Navy warships after politicians. OTOH, at least Carter was in the Navy (as were John F. Kennedy and George H.W. Bush, both of whom have aircraft carriers named for them; Theodore Roosevelt, who also has a carrier named for him, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy under McKinley).