The Reagan isn't the newest "model" of carrier, although it's the newest one in the fleet. The newest carrier under construction is the George Herbert Walker Bush (sigh), and they're both just the newest Nimitz-class carriers. And the Kitty Hawk isn't diesel-powered; it has a conventional steam plant.
I agree on the travesty of naming carriers after living ex-presidents, just in order to fulfill a Grover Norquist agenda (The Reagan was commissioned before he died).
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