A proposed limit on naming warships after living people

Should warships avoid being named after living people?

The discussion considers such a rule while pointing out that it would also affect already announced carriers commemorating living former presidents.

The suggestion of avoiding living namesakes leads to British royal examples. HMS Queen Elizabeth is associated with Elizabeth I, and the future submarine HMS King George VI is named for a deceased monarch. The discussion considers a similar boundary for American presidential ship names. Applying it would also affect the announced Clinton and George W. Bush carrier names. Lexington, Saratoga and Yorktown are suggested as historical alternatives while the future convention is debated.