Can you guess what these six states have in common?

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This is in "Veterans Corner" because it is military related. Navy, as a matter of fact.

I was just talking to someone at work the other day about a pet peeve of mine related to the states and tonight I sat down and did a little google-fu on the subject.

Here are the six states. Again, the question is "Can you guess what these six states have in common?"

Arizona
Kansas
New York
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Wisconsin

Clues:

- It doesn't have anything to do with the actual states, themselves.
- It's related to my naval background.
- New York cannot be like the other 44 states not listed; again, not anything to do with the actual states themselves and related to my naval background.
 
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They were all Battleships and they're all decommissioned. The issue with the NY name is that they named an amphibious transport the NY after 9/11 and used the Trade towers steel in her hull. I see the NY down in Morehead all the time during the summer.

Not 100% but many were from Norfolk as well.
 
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OutLore said:
You have been stationed at all of them at some point in time?
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Matt.Cross said:
You served on vessels named after those states?
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Nope. I'm a retired submariner.

You can use that as another clue!



Oneofsix said:
Your ex humped other dudes while stationed in these states?
You've mentJones her guzzling habits before...
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Well...technically yes for South Carolina!

But no, that's not what I'm looking for!



tod0987 said:
They were all Battleships and they're all decommissioned. The issue with the NY name is that they named an amphibious transport the NY after 9/11 and used the Trade towers steel in her hull. I see the NY down in Morehead all the time during the summer.

Not 100% but many were from Norfolk as well.
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True, all but the New York were once battleships. Re-read what you said about the New York, then take a look at (at least some) of the other 44 states again and see what's different about the New York from those other 44. That ought to get you a bit closer.
 
OK, so far people are on the right track thinking about ships and not states, per se.

Summary of the additional clues:

- I'm a retired submariner.
- The New York is an amphibious transport ship.
 
You served on boats named after cities in those states? As I recall, subs are named after cities, right?
 
Tim said:
You served on boats named after cities in those states? As I recall, subs are named after cities, right?
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No, I didn't serve on boats named after cities in those states.

But knowing the answer to your second question will get you closer to the answer to mine!
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
True, all but the New York were once battleships. Re-read what you said about the New York, then take a look at (at least some) of the other 44 states again and see what's different about the New York from those other 44. That ought to get you a bit closer.
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The NY was BB-34 that was the sister to the USS TX in WWI. I'll keep thinking. I thought VA_Gentleman may have had it with the state names for boomers vs the state capitol names for the fast attacks.

I can see I'm not going to get much work done this afternoon lol.
 
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Tim said:
You served on boats named after cities in those states? As I recall, subs are named after cities, right?
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Someone May have already posted, but,

SSNs are named after cities, The LA class at least.

SSBNs, Ohio class are named after states.


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You guys have drifted a little bit.
 
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OK, here's another hint:

Google the names some of the other 44 states and see what ships they're the namesake of.
 
Oneofsix said:
Your ex humped other dudes while stationed in these states?
You've mentJones her guzzling habits before...

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Lol, dick
 
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Now this is a no sh!tter.

When Hyman Rickover interviewed candidates for the early nuclear program, he bade them sit in a chair whose front legs were shorter than the back.
 
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When you gonna let 'em off the hook, Chief?
 
The naming of submarines has, from it's beginning, centered around fish/aquatic critters.

The first real "combat submarine" was named "Turtle". Then there was the Alligator, Intelligent Whale, Barracuda, and the list goes on.

There was a period where most all submarines were just known by their hull number: SS-54, for example, with no official name attached. But then the fish-names started up again and we had "Cuttlefish", "Sculpin", "Swordfish", "Shark", and a crap-ton of other really cool names.

Which, in my opinion, was fitting for ships which were designed to operated submerged.

Following WWII, however, an entirely new class of submarine came into existence. Before, submarines were silent hunters of ships. But with the Cold War developed a new weapons platform that joined the nuclear ballistic missile to the submarine, now we had a new class of ship that could, quite literally, destroy nations all by themselves.

These were named after statesmen or other powerful figures. The first was George Washington. Then Patrick Henry. Theodore Roosevelt. And yes, Robert E. Lee.

Fast attack submarines continued to be named after fish or other aquatic critters. The 637 class boats were "Sturgeon class", the 671 (the only one of its class) was the "Narwhal".

Until the advent of the "City Boats", the "Los Angles" class submarines. "Los Angeles", "Cincinnati", "Birmingham", "Chicago".

Just like that, the long tradition of naming submarines after aquatic critters came to an end.

The SSBNs named after statesmen gave way to the "Ohio class" SSBN, ballistic missile submarines named after states.

The Seawolf class (which I heartily supported as a potential return to something related to fish themed names), started with "Seawolf", then came the "Connecticut" (a state), followed by the "Jimmy Carter". What a travesty here!

Along came the Virginia class...a state-themed class of ships.

TODAY:

Currently, there are 44 submarines named after states. The six states listed are the only ones which do not have submarines named in their honor.

Which is messed up in more ways than just a traditional departure from fish: We're fast running out of states for the planned submarine construction program. There are currently 28 Virginia class submarines, 26 of which are named after states. It's projected that there will be as many as 48 or 49 Virginia class when they're done.

For the record:

17 of the 18 Ohio class are named after states.
26 of the 28 Virginia class are named after states.
1 of the Seawolf class is named after a state.
 
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