US Navy to replace black sailor’s name with Trump’s on aircraft carrier: Report

The US Navy is considering renaming an aircraft carrier honoring black sailor Doris Miller after President Donald Trump, a report says.

According to a report published by CNN on Friday, three sources familiar with internal discussions said the effort to rename the Ford-class carrier has been underway since early 2026.

Naming an aircraft carrier after a sitting president is unprecedented in the US history.

The Navy is considering naming another warship after Miller, while his great-nephew Thomas Bledsoe said the family had not been informed about the proposed change.

The Navy has also stopped referring to the carrier internally as USS Doris Miller and is instead using its hull number, CVN-81, one of the sources revealed.

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Acting Secretary of Navy Hung Cao and his office are examining changes to official ship-naming guidance, including provisions concerning who can be honored with the names of US warships.

The effort comes as Secretary of War, Peter Brian Hegseth, has sought to remove military names associated with what the administration considers “diversity, equity and inclusion policies.”

Pentagon spokesman, Richard Sean Parnell, claimed Hegseth is committed to names “reflective of the Commander-in-Chief’s priorities, and the warrior ethos.”

The Navy is under pressure to settle the carrier’s name before its keel-laying ceremony, which is expected to take place by the end of this year.

The proposed change is particularly disturbing because Miller was the first enlisted black sailor and first black American to have an aircraft carrier named in his honor, the report noted.

The report comes months after Trump controversially altered the name of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC after himself. However, a US court ordered his name to be removed in late May.

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