Fish don’t vote. Senators and Congressmen do. Name a ship after their state or one of their presidents and it will be funded.
Sarcastic, yes, but the fact is that few SSBNs were named after people. The Sam Nunn was named after one of the stauchest naval supporters in the senate. It has always been the case since WW I to name destroyers after American heroes, Farragut, John Paul Jones, The Sullivans, etc.