You mean like:
Constitution, Constellation, Independence, Intrepid, Enterprise, Reprisal, Boxer, etc?
The point of the various nomenclature systems in the USN (the 1820-60 version and the 1880-1950 version) is that a ship's type can be told (almost) immediately by its name.
The 1820-60 version reserved state names for ships-of-the-line, major rivers for frigates (sail and steam), cities for first class sloops-of-war (sail and steam), etc. It broke down with the vast expansion of the Civil War navy and the introduction of new types (coastal and riverine ironclads) that did not fit neatly into the existing ship types;
The 1880-1950 version reserved state names for battleships, cities for cruisers, naval heroes for destroyers types, etc; marine animals was an inspired choice for submarines and battles and warships from US history equally so for aircraft carriers.
The post-1950 politicization of the naming system is bad policy, for all sorts of reasons, notably for the people paying the bills and crew morale, in my always and humble opinion.
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