https://www.newsweek.com/navy-name-a...ss-mlk-1482893
whoopee.. names a black sailor for an aircraft carrier?
I don't think this brave guy was deserving to have the honor of a carrier named after him.
a destroyer or oiler or other ship types would have been fine.
I think to have the carrier named after someone would have to be someone who did significant things in policy. Presidents & Sec. Defense & are such positions to be considered. This includes significant events of certain locations (Kitty Hawk, Lexington, Yorktown).
This guy manned an M2 browning machine gun at Pearl Harbor, something he wasn't trained to do. policy wise, he didn't really change much at all during the war years.