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An SSBN named after Washington DC?
Perhaps this will add fuel to the fiery US debate that DC should also have its own senators if it has an SSBN named after it - the same way full US states do. [
US Naval Institute
Perhaps this will add fuel to the fiery US debate that DC should also have its own senators if it has an SSBN named after it - the same way full US states do. [
US Naval Institute
Navy Ohio Replacement Sub Class to Be Named for D.C.
By: Sam LaGrone
July 28, 2016 8:30 PM • Updated: July 29, 2016 7:34 AM
The Navy’s new planned class of ballistic missile submarines will be named in honor of the District of Columbia, two Navy officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.
According to a notification memo to Congress obtained by USNI News, the first ship in the next planned class of Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN(X))– also known as the Ohio replacement program — will be named USS Columbia.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus’ office is not releasing further information until the naming announcement, one Navy official told USNI News.
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