State names, battle names, and the proposed BBG designation

What might further ships of the proposed Defiant type be named, and would they retain the BBG designation?

State names and battle names are competing suggestions, along with a possible later change to a cruiser designation.

Asked about names for further ships of the proposed American class, Clarke expects state names. Cyclic instead suggests battle names and raises the possibility of a later change from BBG to CG. Reviving a battleship category also raises a NATO terminology problem. Participants distinguish traditional gun-battleship labels from a new guided-missile designation. An Italian example connects pressure for a large DDX with the competing expense of a carrier. No settled naming or classification decision is established.