The table below shows commissioned US Navy ships named after one of the fifty states of the United States of America. If a state has no in-commission ship named for it, the most recently decommissioned ship is noted.
Thirty in-commission ships are named after US states. Fifteen states have ships that are under construction.
The Virginia-class submarine building program envisions a class size of over thirty ships. Virginia-class submarines are, with two exceptions (USS John Warner (SSN-785) and USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)), named after US states. As of June 2016, twenty-eight of the planned class of thirty+ hulls have been named.
US Navy Ships named after US States
State | Currently Commissioned | Formerly Commissioned | Remarks |
Alabama | SSBN-731 | BB-60, SP-1052, BB-8 | |
Alaska | SSBN-732 | | CB-1 and ID-3035 were named for the Territory of Alaska, not the state |
Arizona | | BB-39 | |
Arkansas | | CGN-41, BB-33, BM-7 | SSN-800 under construction |
California | SSN-781 | CGN-36, BB-44, SP-647, SP-249, ACR-6 | |
Colorado | | BB-45, ACR-7 | SSN-788 under construction |
Connecticut | SSN-22 | BB-18 | |
Delaware | | BB-28 | SSN-791 under construction |
Florida | SSGN-728 | BB-30, BM-9 | |
Georgia | SSGN-729 | BB-15 | |
Hawaii | SSN-776 | | CB-3 was named for the Territory of Hawaii, not the state |
Idaho | | BB-42, SP-545, BB-24 | SSN-799 under construction |
Illinois | SSN-786 | BB-65 (cancelled), BB-7 | |
Indiana | | BB-58, BB-50 (cancelled), BB-1 | SSN-789 under construction |
Iowa | | BB-61, BB-53 (cancelled), BB-4 | SSN-797 under construction |
Kansas | | BB-21 | |
Kentucky | SSBN-737 | BB-66 (cancelled), BB-6 | |
Louisiana | SSBN-743 | BB-71 (cancelled), BB-19 | |
Maine | SSBN-741 | BB-69 (cancelled), BB-10, ACR-1 | |
Maryland | SSBN-738 | BB-46, ACR-8 | |
Massachusetts | | BB-59, BB-54 (cancelled), BB-2 | SSN-798 under construction |
Michigan | SSGN-727 | BB-27 | |
Minnesota | SSN-783 | BB-22 | |
Mississippi | SSN-782 | CGN-40, BB-41, BB-23 | |
Missouri | SSN-780 | BB-63, BB-11 | |
Montana | | BB-67 (cancelled), BB-51 (cancelled), ACR-13 | SSN-794 under construction |
Nebraska | SSBN-739 | BB-14 | |
Nevada | SSBN-733 | BB-36, BM-8 | |
New Hampshire | SSN-778 | BB-70 (cancelled), BB-25 | |
New Jersey | | BB-62, BB-16 | SSN-796 under construction |
New Mexico | SSN-779 | BB-40 | |
New York | LPD-21 | BB-34, ACR-2 | |
North Carolina | SSN-777 | BB-55, BB-52 (cancelled), ACR-12 | |
North Dakota | SSN-784 | BB-29 | |
Ohio | SSGN-726 | BB-68 (cancelled), BB-12 | |
Oklahoma | | BB-37 | |
Oregon | | BB-3 | SSN-793 under construction |
Pennsylvania | SSBN-735 | BB-38, ACR-4 | |
Rhode Island | SSBN-740 | BB-17 | |
South Carolina | | CGN-37, BB-26 | |
South Dakota | | BB-57, BB-49 (cancelled), ACR-9 | SSN-790 under construction |
Tennessee | SSBN-734 | BB-43, ACR-10 | |
Texas | SSN-775 | CGN-39, BB-35 | |
Utah | | BB-31 | SSN-801 under construction |
Vermont | | BB-20 | SSN-792 under construction |
Virginia | SSN-774 | CGN-38, SP-1965, SP-746, SP-274, BB-13 | |
Washington | SSN-787 | BB-56, BB-47, ACR-11 | CVN-73, SSBN-598, and ID-3018 are named after the president, not the state |
West Virginia | SSBN-736 | BB-48, ACR-5 | |
Wisconsin | | BB-64, BB-9 | |
Wyoming | SSBN-742 | BB-32, BM-10 | |