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.
