Navy’s next sub class to be named after D.C.

Published July 29, 2016 3:30pm ET



The Navy’s next class of ballistic missile submarines will be named after the nation’s capital.

The first ship in the SSBN(X) program, commonly called the Ohio-class replacement, will be called the USS Columbia after the District of Columbia, a spokesman for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus confirmed.

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