I never thought that state names should apply to anything but capital ships.
In this day and age is a fast attack sub a capital ship?
I had no problem with boomers being state named. The qualify as a capital ship.
The naming trend I hate is naming carriers after politicians. I would love another Essex, Hornet, Saratoga etc. I am so thankful there is a planned USS Enterprise.
> The naming trend I hate is naming carriers after politicians. <
Yep, and naming ships after living politicians is even worse. That’s banana republic stuff.
There was a time when it was required by law for capital ships only to be named after states. Then battleships were the only capital ship. It took an act of congress to name BB-5 USS Kearsarge instead of giving it a state name