Doris Miller is presented as deserving recognition for enlisted courage. The name also provides astute procurement politics because cancelling a ship carrying Miller's legacy would be exceptionally difficult. American willingness to honour enlisted individuals contrasts with British naming traditions centred more on places, royal titles, and inherited ship names. Naval naming systems reflect national political culture as well as commemoration.
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Doris Miller and the politics of ship naming
Naming a Ford-class carrier for Doris Miller both honours an enlisted hero and gives the ship unusually strong political protection against cancellation.