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August 29th, 2006  
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Originally Posted by mmarsh
Good Question

I believe its the State, if it were the city they would have included "City" into the name. For example USS Salt Lake City, USS Kansas City, etc.

Just a Guess, I could be wrong.
I think you are right, but typically the State names are/were reserved for battleships. Considering we don't have those anylonger they may have changed the "rules" about States and ships names.
 
 
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