CVN 77 has been named!

[Dalton]

S.S. Ess Ess

[Sea Skimmer]

There's actually already a USS Devastator, but it's a freaking MINESWEEPER. Waste of a good name.

Ditto for the USS AVENGER.....also a minesweeper

Name of the class

[Jim Raynor]

There's actually already a USS Devastator, but it's a freaking MINESWEEPER. Waste of a good name.

Ditto for the USS AVENGER.....also a minesweeper

Name of the class

Those two ships are from the Avenger-class, which strangely has some of the coolest ship names in the US Navy.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/fac ... p-mcm.html

[Sea Skimmer]

Ditto for the USS AVENGER.....also a minesweeper

Name of the class

Those two ships are from the Avenger-class, which strangely has some of the coolest ship names in the US Navy.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/fac ... p-mcm.html

The US navy has a committee of around a dozen people who sit around and name ships; of course others influence them rather massively. Things like carriers get debated over heavily, but for minor craft they essentially have a free had and a big list of every named and numbered vessel in the navy.

Minesweepers don't cost much or get in the so no one cares. The cool names are the result.

[Sea Skimmer]

S.S. Ess Ess

Register a civilian vessel under the United States flag and you can go ahead and do that.

[Tsyroc]

Indeed she should right there at Pearl Harbor along with Mighty Mo. Damn shameful way for such a proud ship to go. If they had any heart at all she would have at least been given the Saratoga's fate.

You wanted her nuked?

[Alyeska]

S.S. Ess Ess

Register a civilian vessel under the United States flag and you can go ahead and do that.

Actually that is a reference to the first Hot Shots movie. They were on board the USS Esses.

[Tsyroc]

There's actually already a USS Devastator, but it's a freaking MINESWEEPER. Waste of a good name.

Ditto for the USS AVENGER.....also a minesweeper

I've seen the Avenger. Looks like a glorified tugboat to me. I guess they do their job though.

[Sea Skimmer]

S.S. Ess Ess

Register a civilian vessel under the United States flag and you can go ahead and do that.

Actually that is a reference to the first Hot Shots movie. They were on board the USS Esses.

He said SS, That's a civilian vessel, not USN which uses USS.

[Tsyroc]

Register a civilian vessel under the United States flag and you can go ahead and do that.

Actually that is a reference to the first Hot Shots movie. They were on board the USS Esses.

He said SS, That's a civilian vessel, not USN which uses USS.

Also USNS.

[Alyeska]

Register a civilian vessel under the United States flag and you can go ahead and do that.

Actually that is a reference to the first Hot Shots movie. They were on board the USS Esses.

He said SS, That's a civilian vessel, not USN which uses USS.

Yes, but its obvious where the inspiration came from.

[The Dark]

They need a new Essex. That was the class of carrier that carried the war across the Pacific (well, that and the escort carriers). Here's what I know of still-existing non-commissioned American aircraft carriers (feel free to add on if I miss one):

USS Lexington ("The Blue Ghost") CV-16. Corpus Christi, Texas.
USS Hornet CV-12. Alameda Point, California.
USS Intrepid CV-11. New York, New York.
USS Yorktown CV-10. Patriot's Point, South Carolina.
USS Midway CVB-41. San Diego, California.
USS Forrestal CVB-59. Newport, Rhode Island (hulked, not currently visitable).
USS Oriskany CV-34. Beaumont, Texas (not sure about condition).
USS Ranger CV-61. Bremerton, Washington (preservation fundraising underway).

[Tsyroc]

They need a new Essex. That was the class of carrier that carried the war across the Pacific (well, that and the escort carriers). Here's what I know of still-existing non-commissioned American aircraft carriers (feel free to add on if I miss one):

USS Lexington ("The Blue Ghost") CV-16. Corpus Christi, Texas.
USS Hornet CV-12. Alameda Point, California.
USS Intrepid CV-11. New York, New York.
USS Yorktown CV-10. Patriot's Point, South Carolina.
USS Midway CVB-41. San Diego, California.
USS Forrestal CVB-59. Newport, Rhode Island (hulked, not currently visitable).
USS Oriskany CV-34. Beaumont, Texas (not sure about condition).
USS Ranger CV-61. Bremerton, Washington (preservation fundraising underway).

There's currently a USS Essex LHD-2. It's not the same as a fleet carrier but they're pretty cool ships. I've seen a couple in person when they were new.
http://www.hullnumber.com/photos/big/Am ... .image.jpg

The class itself currently utilizes quite a few of the names of carriers that were in WWII.

LHD-1 USS WASP
LHD-2 USS ESSEX
LHD-3 USS KEARSARGE
LHD-4 USS BOXER
LHD-5 USS BATAAN
LHD-6 USS BONHOMME RICHARD
LHD-7 USS IWO JIMA

Navy Ships

[The Dark]

As a (slightly off-topic) side note, Kearsarge was also the name of the only American battleship not named after a state (Kearsarge BB5). Some people try to dispute this by bringing up the USS Guam, which was a battlecruiser (CB2).

Another good site is here.

[Dalton]

Yes, but its obvious where the inspiration came from.

Forget it Aly, they're not very humor-oriented when in full-on military wank mode

[MKSheppard]

]Forget it Aly, they're not very humor-oriented when in full-on military wank mode

Don't you interrupt us! We're setting up the final pieces of
our great wargame, a massive 50,000 hex monster with
4,000 INDIVIDUAL pieces tracking Army Group Center
during Operation Bagration!

It should take us only a WEEK to play the first turn...

Or we could just play this game instead:

[TrailerParkJawa]

USS Hornet CV-12. Alameda Point, California.

This one is getting better as the years go by. Its been open for tour for about 3-5 years now. You can walk to the aft of the flight deck and get a beautiful view of San Francisco. Also, you can see the lagoon where China Clippers used to take off from on their trips to the East. I cant help but think of Indiana Jones.

[Vympel]

George HW Bush?

*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

What a glorious name ...

[Sea Skimmer]

]Forget it Aly, they're not very humor-oriented when in full-on military wank mode

Don't you interrupt us! We're setting up the final pieces of
our great wargame, a massive 50,000 hex monster with
4,000 INDIVIDUAL pieces tracking Army Group Center
during Operation Bagration!

It should take us only a WEEK to play the first turn...

Or we could just play this game instead:

[img]http://www.gmtgames.com/vmbb/cover.jpg[img]

Fun Fun! But 4,000 pieces? That's what, company level? How the fuck am I supposed to properly conduct the battle when I can't deploy my individual tanks and rifle sections for optimum effectiveness?

[Admiral Piett]

"No actually. During the 1980's it was possibul for the Russians to win, if they could divide or destroy NATO and force economic concessions out of it. The massive military buildup and all out political and economic attack made that impossible and sped things along. It was hardly the forgone conclusion you claim."

I am not one of those who bashes everything that does not have the american flag painted on it.But quite frankly I doubt.By the 80's their economy was stagnating.All that they could have managed was lasting a bit more than they did historically.And I suppose that if they had never lauched their assault before Reagan became president they must have had some good reasons.

[The Dark]

USS Hornet CV-12. Alameda Point, California.

This one is getting better as the years go by. Its been open for tour for about 3-5 years now. You can walk to the aft of the flight deck and get a beautiful view of San Francisco. Also, you can see the lagoon where China Clippers used to take off from on their trips to the East. I cant help but think of Indiana Jones.

Ah. I haven't had a chance to visit the Hornet. I've been on Yorktown (the Fighting Lady) twice (almost got blown off the flight deck by high winds the first time, when I was about 6), the battleship Alabama once, and the armored cruiser Olympia three times. I've also been on the other ships at Patriot's Point, the destroyer Laffey (the ship that would not die), the cutter Ingham, and the submarine Clamagore.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Any chance the US would name a ship something like Yamato?

[The Dark]

Any chance the US would name a ship something like Yamato?

Not while any WWII vets are alive. The ruckus they'd raise would be so loud you'd hear people from Hawaii all the way in Maine. Especially when one of the Hawaiian senators fought in the war.

[Hyperion]

Any chance the US would name a ship something like Yamato?

doubtful, but personally i do think it would in some ways be ironically fitting given the history.

[RadiO]

There isn't a Farragut in the USN anymore; seems strange, given that it's a traditional destroyer name (including what was probably the first US destroyer) coupled with the many Burkes building.