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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] The Navy's naming scheme used to make some sense, but it's all screwed up now, probably for the sake of winning support from legislators. State names used to be given only to battleships, but since the Navy hasn't built any new ones since the 1940s, it started giving the names to CGNs in the mid 1970s. Then the Navy started giving state names to Ohio class boomers (launched 1981), which previously had been named after famous statesmen (whose names are now given to aircraft carriers). Now they're giving state names to attack subs, which used to be named after fish, then cities (whose names had been given to cruisers). I guess they give state names to whatever class of ship they most want to get funding, since a congressman or senator is less likely to vote against funding for a ship named for his state. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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