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Technically the Navy can go a couple routes with the hull numbers, so we just have to wait and see there. As for naming, it's highly unlikely the entire class would be named for territories. For one, there are only 16 territories, only 5 with permanent population. It seems very unlikely that the Navy would name SSBNs after uninhabited territory, for a number of reasons.For two, Guam and Puerto Rico already have Sealift ships named for them. While not impossible to rename ships or declare a name will be reused while it's still currently in use, it's somewhat unusual.l'll also point out that DC is not a territory, it's the Federal District. Whether this is a nod to the DC statehood movement or just a nod to the citizens who live and work in DC, I couldn't say. But it's a fine name, to my eyes.
Technically the Navy can go a couple routes with the hull numbers, so we just have to wait and see there. As for naming, it's highly unlikely the entire class would be named for territories. For one, there are only 16 territories, only 5 with permanent population. It seems very unlikely that the Navy would name SSBNs after uninhabited territory, for a number of reasons.
For two, Guam and Puerto Rico already have Sealift ships named for them. While not impossible to rename ships or declare a name will be reused while it's still currently in use, it's somewhat unusual.
l'll also point out that DC is not a territory, it's the Federal District. Whether this is a nod to the DC statehood movement or just a nod to the citizens who live and work in DC, I couldn't say. But it's a fine name, to my eyes.
