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..
In WWII, BB => States, C => Cities, CV => Battles, DD => Warriors, SS => Fish. With a few exceptions, as some carriers were named for earlier ships rather than battles. I don't know what the new naming pattern(s) will be. It's all rather confused right now. I wish they'd return to naming the subs for fish, but fish don't vote. At least naming SSNs for States keeps traditions alive.
AB