政治因素在命名美国海军航空母舰中占据着主导地位。最近,原被命名为“美国”号的航母CVN-75被重新命名为“哈里·S·杜鲁门”号,CVN-76被命名为“罗纳德·里根”号。这样,美国海军的9艘“尼米兹”(CVN-68)级航母中有6艘以总统的名字命名,其余的2艘以国会成员命名,1艘以海军将军命名。传统上,美国航母以历史上重要的战斗和著名的战舰来命名。这种命名体系是从美国海军拥有最初的2艘大型航母时开始的,这2艘航母“列克星顿”号 Political factors dominate the designation of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier. Recently, the carrier named CVN-75, formerly named “America”, was renamed “Harry S. Truman” and CVN-76 was named “Ronald Reagan”. Thus, six of the nine Navy’s CVN-68 aircraft carriers are named after the president, the remaining two are named after members of the National Assembly and one is named after the naval general. Traditionally, American carriers are named after historically important battleships and famous warships. This naming system began when the U.S. Navy had the first two large aircraft carriers, the two carrier Lexington