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We urge you to reject this plan and ensure that CVN-81 bears the name USS Doris Miller.
April McClain Delaney was listed as a signer of a congressional letter urging Defense and Navy officials to reject a potential renaming of CVN-81 and keep the USS Doris Miller name.
Stephen Lynch, April McClain Delaney, Jennifer McClellan
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House release lists April McClain Delaney among signers of the letter opposing renaming CVN-81.
urged Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao to reject any effort to rename
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House release describes the letter as directed to Defense and Navy leadership and asking them to reject renaming the future USS Doris Miller.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Senate Armed Services ranking Democrat’s release indicates there was no formal administration decision yet, leaving the name-change question unresolved.
for the construction of CVN-81, including timelines and resourcing requirements
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Recent White House memorandum references CVN-81 in a technical shipbuilding directive but does not document any decision to retain or rename USS Doris Miller.
named a future aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN 81)
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official Navy release establishes the baseline: CVN-81 was named USS Doris Miller in 2020.
The effort to rename the USS Doris Miller has been underway since earlier this year
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): CNN reporting, republished by KVIA, describes the reported renaming effort that prompted congressional pressure; it also reports no announced Pentagon decision.
We urge you to reject this plan and ensure that CVN-81 bears the name USS Doris Miller.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House release includes the direct request to Defense and Navy leadership to reject renaming CVN-81 and keep the USS Doris Miller name; April McClain Delaney is listed among the signers.
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ENTERPRISE (CVN 80) and DORIS MILLER (CVN 81)
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official FY2027 defense budget materials identify CVN-81 as DORIS MILLER, but this predates the reported renaming push and does not document a DOD/Navy rejection of renaming after the congressional pressure campaign.
As of Oct. 11, the Navy has not announced a decision.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, reporting says the Navy had not announced a decision on renaming CVN-81, so the requested result remained unresolved after the House pressure campaign.
No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to rename, redesignate, or otherwise change the name of the vessel designated as CVN-81 from the ``USS Doris Miller''.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows a Senate legislative attempt to block renaming CVN-81, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted; it does not prove DOD or Navy rejected a rename plan.