Camp David in 1935 and was completed in 1938. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it "Shangri-La" (for the fictional Himalayan paradise in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton, which he had jokingly referenced as the source of the Doolittle Raid earlier that year). Camp David received its present name from Dwight D. Eisenhower, in honor of his father and grandson, both named David. The Catoctin Mountain Park does not indicate the location of Camp David on park maps due to privacy and security concerns, although it can be seen
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower 2018, is in the steel cutting and fabrication stages of construction.. The exact date of the ship's inactivation and decommissioning will likely depend on many factors, including Defense Department funding considerations. "Dwight D. Eisenhower" has earned a number of awards, including the Battle "E" in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006 and 2012 as the most battle efficient carrier in the Atlantic Fleet. In 1999, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" (CVN-69) (known informally as ""Ike"") is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service