华盛顿——新泽西州民主党参议员科里·布克（Cory Booker）计划于周四提出三项法案，以阻止特朗普政府取消将一艘航空母舰以黑人战争英雄命名的计划，转而以唐纳德·特朗普总统的名字为其命名。
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., plans to introduce three bills Thursday to block the Trump administration from scrapping plans to name an aircraft carrier in honor of a Black war hero and instead naming it after President Donald Trump.
两名美国官员称，海军领导层一直在讨论更改拟议中的“多丽丝·米勒”号（USS Doris Miller）航空母舰的舰名。该舰目前仍在建造中，原定以米勒的名字命名。米勒是一名水兵，在1941年日本偷袭珍珠港期间，他因英勇操纵高射炮而闻名。
Two U.S. officials said that Navy leadership has been discussing changing the proposed name of the aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller. The ship is still under construction but is set to be named in honor of Miller, an enlisted sailor who famously staffed an anti-aircraft gun during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
米勒当时是“西弗吉尼亚”号（USS West Virginia）战列舰上的炊事员，从未接受过该武器的训练，但在袭击发生时，他抓起武器，据信击落了至少一架日本飞机，并将受伤的美军水兵拖到安全地带。当时的种族隔离政策不允许黑人担任作战职务，他们的工作岗位受到限制。“多丽丝·米ルダー”号（注：此处应为“多丽丝·米勒”号）将成为第一艘以黑人军人和普通水兵命名的航空母舰。以米勒的名字命名该航母的决定和宣布是在特朗普的第一任期内作出的。
Miller, a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia, was never trained on the weapon but grabbed it during the attack and is credited with shooting down at least one Japanese plane and dragging wounded U.S. sailors to safety. Racial segregation policies at the time did not allow Black people in combat roles; they were limited in what jobs they could perform. The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black service member and an enlisted sailor. The decision and the announcement to name the carrier after Miller were made during Trump’s first term.
这两名美国官员说，现在，海军领导人正考虑以特朗普的名字来命名这艘航母。这是特朗普政府可能将这位总统的名字冠以联邦政府财产的最新举措。
Now, Navy leaders are considering naming the carrier after Trump, the two U.S. officials said. It is the latest effort by the Trump administration to potentially place the president’s name on federal government property.
米勒是第一位获得海军十字勋章——海军第二高荣誉——的黑人军人。这两名美国官员表示，五角大楼领导人证明更改舰名合理的一种方法可能是追授米勒荣誉勋章。驱逐舰通常以荣誉勋章获得者的名字命名，但航空母舰通常以总统的名字命名。
Miller was the first Black service member to receive the Navy Cross — the Navy’s second-highest honor. One way Pentagon leaders could justify changing the ship’s name is by presenting Miller with the Medal of Honor, the two U.S. officials said. Destroyers are often named after Medal of Honor recipients, but aircraft carriers are usually named after presidents.
布克的立法将禁止使用任何联邦资金来给该舰重新命名，并阻止未来几届政府以现任总统和副总统的名字来命名舰艇。该法案还旨在就命名过程向国会提供更高的透明度。
Booker’s legislation would prohibit any federal funds from being used to rename the ship and block future administrations from naming ships after sitting presidents and vice presidents. It also aims to provide more transparency to Congress about the naming process.
“多丽丝·米勒并没有等待别人的许可，就毅然成为了英雄，”布克在一份声明中表示。“她在珍珠港事件中冲向火场，为那个甚至不允许她使用自己用来保卫国家的武器进行训练的国家而战斗。”布克继续说道：“现任政府试图抹去她的名字，却想用总统的名字来为那艘重达10万吨的战舰命名。这根本不是对海军的尊重，而是在破坏海军的历史。”
“Doris Miller didn’t wait for permission to be a hero,” Booker said in a statement. “He ran toward the fire at Pearl Harbor and fought for a country that wouldn’t even let him train on the gun he used to defend it.”“This administration wants to erase him and slap the president’s name on a 100,000-ton warship. That isn’t honoring the Navy. It’s vandalizing its history,” Booker said.
他强调：“没有任何总统应该以自己的名义为战舰命名或重新命名它们；更不应该为了给某位总统树立形象而抹去美国英雄的功绩。”虽然战舰的命名权属于海军部长，但国防部长通常也会深度参与航空母舰的命名决策。在这次事件中，最终的决定将由国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯和代理海军部长洪超共同作出。
“No president should ever christen or rename a warship in his own honor, and no American hero should be erased to make room for one.”Ship-naming authority lies with the Navy secretary, but defense secretaries are often deeply involved in decisions to name aircraft carriers. In this instance, the decision will be made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao.