Seawolf related question

[Ultraboy]

This may be off-topic, but I figure this is also the best place to ask, even though this may seem like a stupid question.

Why does the (new) Seawolf class designation start with SSN-21 and on to 22 and 23? Why didn't they start with SSN-774, then start the Virginia with 777? Furthermore, if anyone knows why they went out of sequence, where'd they get twenty-one from? Just something I've always wondered but never found out.

Also, I'd like to point out that if this were Star Trek, the USS Seawolf would be SSN-575-A or SSN-28-B or something like that. ;)

[Kapitan]

have no idea but i think this belongs in general topics there you might get a better result

[Sea Demon]

They named it in an unconventional way. It was SSN-21...Nuclear Submarine for the 21st Century (hence 21). And SSN-22, 23 was logical to follow. The names Connecticut and Jimmy Carter were also unconventional names for U.S. SSN's.

Sea Demon

[Ultraboy]

Hmm, never even considered that. :hmm:

Thanks for the reply!