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, Beaver
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. Beaver
Yeah, looking at different ships names, you can see the pattern. Tugboat I sent you a PM on some ship plans. Beaver
so cool names for these ships, now what does GAM BO1 stand for that the Royal Navy have on board ships?
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.
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?
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.