US Navy report to Congress outlining the policies and practices for naming Navy vessels (July 13, 2012)

 

Final Ship Naming Report to Congress

Cost to prepare this report: 62.707 !!!!!

And, at last, says "Submarines / Naming Convention /States of the Union", true for SSBN, but clearly untrue for the unmentioned rest of submarines

But an interesting report, thanks for sharing

And, at last, says "Submarines / Naming Convention /States of the Union", true for SSBN, but clearly untrue for the unmentioned rest of submarines

 

It's the case for the new Virginia-class. Mostly.