The USS Doris Miller Is America's Aircraft Carrier

The article argues that the future USS Doris Miller should keep its name and remain a symbol of American naval values. It frames Doris Miller as a uniquely significant namesake and says the ship represents what is best about the Navy and the country. The piece is mainly an opinion column, so its force comes from moral and symbolic appeal rather than new evidence. Its central takeaway is that renaming the carrier would be a mistake.