All the more good names for Her Majesty's RN, good chap.Col. Crackpot wrote:Stormbringer wrote:Actually it was the tradition of the navy for a long time to name cruiser for cities (with a few noteable exceptions) and battleships for states.Admiral Valdemar wrote: *Slaps phongn silly with a haddock*
We're trying to make the USN sound decent, right now I've seen Michelin travel maps with more military bravado.
now the navy is naming it's sub's that way.
SBN's (boomers) get named after states
USS Alabama
USS Rhode Island
USS Ohio
while SSN's(fast attack) get named after Cities:
USS Los Angeles
USS Cheyanne
USS Orlando
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well, you can keep 'indefatagatable' that rolls off the tounge as easily as thumbtacks don'tAdmiral Valdemar wrote:All the more good names for Her Majesty's RN, good chap.Col. Crackpot wrote:Stormbringer wrote: Actually it was the tradition of the navy for a long time to name cruiser for cities (with a few noteable exceptions) and battleships for states.
now the navy is naming it's sub's that way.
SBN's (boomers) get named after states
USS Alabama
USS Rhode Island
USS Ohio
while SSN's(fast attack) get named after Cities:
USS Los Angeles
USS Cheyanne
USS Orlando
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Too many synonyms... plus it's French. The French have a ship named that (boat I think actually, class of boomer). so they can keep it.Col. Crackpot wrote:well, you can keep 'indefatagatable' that rolls off the tounge as easily as thumbtacks don'tAdmiral Valdemar wrote:All the more good names for Her Majesty's RN, good chap.Col. Crackpot wrote:
now the navy is naming it's sub's that way.
SBN's (boomers) get named after states
USS Alabama
USS Rhode Island
USS Ohio
while SSN's(fast attack) get named after Cities:
USS Los Angeles
USS Cheyanne
USS Orlando
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Ra-classMr Bean wrote:You have been selected to head up the US Navy's Naming Comission on a New series of Vessels
These Ships are a harken back to the Days of Yesteryear, Based on an updated Version of the Aegis Class but 1.5 Times longer, Much better armored and armed
Basicly the newest fastes/strongest/most badass ship to sailt the high seas
You have been selected to name both this type of ship and the first six ships of the run
What will you call them?
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Actually, the new SSNs are going to be named after states (at least partially).Col. Crackpot wrote:now the navy is naming it's sub's that way.
SBN's (boomers) get named after states
USS Alabama
USS Rhode Island
USS Ohio
while SSN's(fast attack) get named after Cities:
USS Los Angeles
USS Cheyanne
USS Orlando
Yeah, fish don't vote, but damn, I prefer the traditional names.
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Fuck that. I'm tired of this political nonsense for ship naming. The old methods actually made sense.Admiral Valdemar wrote:*Slaps phongn silly with a haddock*phongn wrote:It's a cruiser, right? Name them after cities.
We're trying to make the USN sound decent, right now I've seen Michelin travel maps with more military bravado.
BBs: States
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Devastator-class battlecruiserMr Bean wrote:You have been selected to head up the US Navy's Naming Comission on a New series of Vessels
These Ships are a harken back to the Days of Yesteryear, Based on an updated Version of the Aegis Class but 1.5 Times longer, Much better armored and armed
Basicly the newest fastes/strongest/most badass ship to sailt the high seas
You have been selected to name both this type of ship and the first six ships of the run
What will you call them?
USS Devastator
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