Name your Warship.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Dissident
I would like to see another USS Nevada

the only battleship to make it out of Pearl habour in december of 1941. Although I think it was so badly damaged it was scrapped.

It made it away from the docks (without the aid of tugs, which was thought to be impossible) and headed for the harbor entrance. The Nevada then came under heavy attack from the Japanese. Realizing that if it sunk in the harbor mouth, it would seal up Pearl Harbor, the captain turned the ship to starboard and it sunk near what is now known as Nevada Point.

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I always thought ancient weapons would make a good series of names for ships (athough it works better with British ships):

HMS Chariot
HMS Crossbow
HMS Catapault
HMS Javelin
HMS Broadsword
HMS Iron Lance
HMS Warhammer
HMS Rapier
HMS Greekfire
HMS Battle Axe

[The Mad Monk]

Serial Peacemaker.

Think about it.

[Urban Ranger]

Death
Destruction
Doom
Devestation
Demolition
Disintegration

[Blake]

Sword of Inevitable Justice


HMS Shelly
(Couldn't help myself)

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I always thought ancient weapons would make a good series of names for ships (athough it works better with British ships):

If you really want to screw with people's minds, use the names of modern weapons instead.

Civilian: What's the name of that ship?
Sailor: Oh, that's the Submarine.
Civilian: No, I mean the aircraft carrier over there.
Sailor: You mean Submarine
Civilian: Looks like an aircraft carrier to me.
Sailor: It is.
Civilian: But you just said was a Submarine.
Sailor: It is
Civilian Argh, forget about it. What about that smaller ship beside it?
Sailor: You mean the Tank?
Civilian: I'm not talking about any tank, I'm talking about that ship that looks like a destroyer.
Sailor: Destroyer? You'd have to ask the air force about that. We don't fly Destroyers in the navy.

[Last Conformist]

Screwing up people's minds

Or, to celebrate our (that's "our" as in "your") diversity, one could name them after minorities:

USS Black
USS Hispanic
USS Mormon
USS Native Indian
USS Redneck
USS Paedophile
USS Geek
USS Sane Person

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
But even that may be wrong, by the look of it. Several sites give credit to the Shinano for being the largest ever, but the dimensions clearly give the Nimitz-class the edge regardless. Hmmmph, you can really support any position on the web.

I suspect Shinano was the largest at the time but that the newer carriers beat them.

[the_ceebs]

try this list

[joncha]

Good list

Ken Macleod also has a knack for naming ships. I'm partial to the Necessary Evil But Still Cool from the Cassini Division.

[Chemical Ollie]

USS Apolyton

[Kuciwalker]

USS Mingapulco

[Richelieu]

USS R

[Tingkai]

R, R, R,

[The Mad Monk]

Post Dated Check Loan

[Tattila the Hun]

Shinano

"Shinano was therefore the largest aircraft carrier ever built, and she retained that distinction until the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise in 1961.""

Come to think of it, Why the H**l do they remember warships after politicians? Politicians shouldn't have anything to do with war. It only results in "unnecessary" bloodlost.