List of United States Navy ships named after US states
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List of United States Navy ships named after US states
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The table below is a list of United States Navy ships named after US states. The practice of naming commissioned ships for US states and territories dates back to the Continental Navy during the time of the American Revolution. The conventions for naming ships of the US Navy were made law in 1862; A large majority of the ships named for states are battleships (BB), followed by submarines. The remainder are cruisers, monitors (BM) and patrol craft (SP) and an amphibious transport dock (LPD). As o
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