Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "USS Midway - Guide 193" video.

  1.  @Davidsladky135  as Joe said, carriers started out being named after previous ships, just as the Brits keep recycling names. When I was on the Lex, 50 years ago, there was a painting on a bulkhead in the hangar of all the previous Lexingtons. iirc, there were 4 or 5 preceding ships of that name. There was a long string of Enterprises before CV-6. It was as much chance as anything else that most of the early carriers were named after battles as previous USN ships had been named to commemorate the same battles. Of the six Lexington class battlecruisers, the two that were completed were named after preceding ships that had been named after battles, three were named after ships of the original 6 frigates and one, Ranger, named after a ship commanded by John Paul Jones during the revolution. There were six USS Hornets, dating back to the revolution, before CV-8 and there were eight USS Wasps, dating back to the revolution, prior to CV-7.
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