Now is the time to rename the carrier John C. Stennis

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Now is the time to rename the carrier John C. Stennis
By John P. Cordle
Oct 11, 06:44 PM
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier John C. Stennis transits the San Diego bay Aug. 10, 2016, after completing a seven-month Western Pacific deployment.
The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis transits the San Diego Bay in August 2016. With the ship now undergoing a mid-life refueling, now would be a good time to rename it, the author argues. (MCS2 Timothy M. Black/Navy)

As the so-called “father of the modern Navy,” Mississippi Sen. John C. Stennis wielded immense power in Congress.

During the Senate confirmation hearing for Navy Secretary John Lehman in 1981, Stennis cautioned him that “Money is going to be plentiful for a while … but that is not a license to carelessly use it in any way except in a frugal way, as I see it,” according to “Fall from Glory” by Gregory Vistica.

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