美国海军2007年1月16日宣布,目前正在建造的最新一级核动力航空母舰首舰将用2006年12月26日刚刚去世的杰拉尔德·R·福特总统的名字命名。细数一下,这是美军现役的12艘航母中,第七艘以总统名字命名的航空母舰。近年来美军下水的3艘航母都是打着美国总统的名号游弋在各个大洋。美国人为何如此偏爱用总统的名字命名航母呢? The U.S. Navy announced on January 16, 2007 that the first-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier under construction at present is to be named after President Gerald R. Ford, who died on December 26, 2006. Count it down, which is the seventh of the 12 carriers currently active in the U.S. military to name its president. In recent years, the three U.S. aircraft carriers have been cruising the oceans under the name of the president of the United States. Why do Americans prefer to name the aircraft carrier with the president’s name?