HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has announced the names of three future Virginia-class submarines, honoring the city of Norfolk, a major Virginia river and the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
The future USS Norfolk (SSN 815) honors the city of Norfolk and three previous U.S. Navy vessels — a brigantine (1798-1800), destroyer leader DL-1 (1953-1970) and the Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine SSN -714 (1983-2015).
The naming of the future USS Potomac (SSN 814) honors a river on the eastern seaboard and six prior ships with the same name, while the future USS Brooklyn (SSN 816) has been named to honor the New York City borough of Brooklyn and three previous Navy vessels — a screw sloop of war (1859-1889), armored cruiser CA-3 (1896-1921) and light cruiser CL-40 (1937-1947)…