Ways of naming ships!

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  1. Beaver

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    I ran upon this neat chart showing how the U.S. Navy named their ships during WWII.
    Battleships: ............................States of the Union
    Aircraft Carriers:......................Famous battles; famous predecessor ships
    Escort carriers:.......................Sounds and bays; battles of WWII
    Heavy cruisers:.......................Cities and towns
    Light cruisers:.........................Cities and towns
    Destroyers:..............................U.S. Navy/ Marine officers and enlisted men
    Destroyer escorts:.................U.S. Navy/ Marine officers and enlisted men
    Submarines:..........................Fish and marine creatures
    Minelayers:.............................Historic monitors of the U.S. Navy
    Minesweepers:.....................Birds
    Oilers:.....................................Rivers
    Transports:............................Presidents;famous Americans;historic places
    Hospital ships:.....................Words of comfort
    Ammunition ships...............Volcanoes
    Cargo ships:.........................Stars; counties of the United States
    Tugboats:..............................Indian tribes
    Whew, that took a while to type!
    Enjoy,
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  2. WillCover

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    politics made exceptions to them, todays naming..... I'm not even going there.
     
  3. Beaver

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    Well, like I said, this is the way they named ships during WWII. As for today's ships, I don't keep track of them.
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  4. Tugboat

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    Nice find!
     
  5. Anachronus

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    The Royal Navy always has great names
     
  6. Beaver

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    Yeah, looking at different ships names, you can see the pattern.

    Tugboat I sent you a PM on some ship plans.
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  7. luissmith

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    so cool names for these ships, now what does GAM BO1 stand for that the Royal Navy have on board ships?
     
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    hmmmmm... not liking this account^^^^^^ gam bo1= game boy
     
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    http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_2cm-85_GAM.htm

    The account is a spam account though. Already terminated, the posts linger though. Have left since it is vaguely topical.
     
  10. jstod

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    I would love an explanation on how the US names ships now. I thought it was simple but then started naming off ships in my head and found the pattern weird. The Carriers are almost always named after former presidents it seems except for the upcoming Enterprise. Seems like Subs get the state names wile other surface ships get mostly cities?
     
  11. Anachronus

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    Capital Ships were named for states but since we don't have BB's any more it passed to SSBN's. It seems a lot more muddled now. Carriers were named for famous battles until the FDR when politicians got in to the act. Then Admirals.