[ArrogantBustard]

Just for completeness' sake, here's an artist's rendering of Texas' sister, USS Virginia SSN 774:

[ken5050]

Thanks for the pic.....is the Navy returning to some sort of sanity in its "naming policy".....ever since the "dead Admirals" class of frigates, it's been a mess....and it ultimately gave us the USS Jimmy Carter....and the Stennis..which was a big mistake...

Back in WW II, when we had a 1000+ ship Navy, it was easy...BB's were named for states, CV's carried the names of historic US Navy ships ( Lexington, Enterprize, Hornet) cruisers were named for cities, and subs were named for fish....

But at least, we aren't gonna get the USS Bubba, or the USS Slick...maybe, if the Navy evey builds a "honey ship" to pump out the heads from the fleet, we can name it the USS Bill Clinton..