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Posted by DAVID ALCOCK on August 19, 2026, 22:04:30, in reply to "Re: Issues With USS John F Kennedy"
but that is the problem now , trying to make usefull ships in the needed numbers, and then gold plating the design and ending up with a fortune spent for no ships
the wartime De"s did the job , and without them doing the lower end jobs there would have been no ships for the top end work 
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FDR's influence on the navy wasn't universally praised. Norman Friedman thought that pushing through cheap DE's, etc just ended up causing bottlenecks with more capable ships. Previous Message
I think it was FDR that strongly advocated for the Alaska class large cruisers. Previous Message
The closest analogy to this that I know of comes from this site's numerous discussions on ship's names. The Naval History and Heritage Command has a really good article on the subject. The SecNav has naming authority, and one of them did not like ships with Native American tribal names, so he renamed them. He was only in office about six months, and his successor then put the names all back.
While no president has ever been concerned enough about how ship designs look, a number of them have interfered in naval construction matters considerably. Run a search on presidential interference in navy construction. I got James K. Polk, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodoore Roosevelt as the top results. Franklin D. Roosevelt had the most influence (fortunately a positive one) on the composition of the Navy. Previous Message
The president of the United States wants to redesign our aircraft carriers so that they look more like world war II aircraft carriers because the aesthetics is the most important thing to him my question is has there ever been a time in history when any other president of the United States has ever conducted himself like this I'm not a historian and I'm very curious of everyone's take on this
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