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Sentinel class ship.

USS Inexorable
USS Confronter
USS Arbitrator
USS Acclimatizer

In case you haven't noticed yet, I'm trying to name ships something that wouldn't start wars and don't sound like they've been taken from a Culture book.

BoTM, MM, HAB, JL
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The New York Class: Named after the impetus for our war on Terror.

USS New York

USS Pennsylvania

USS Rudolf Guliani

USS Michael Judge (FDNY Chaplain killed at Ground Zero)

The name of the guy that said "Let's Roll"



If not something a little more symbolic:

Bastion Class

USS Bastion

USS Defiance

USS Clarion

USS Indomitable

USS Freedom

USS Liberty
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Bloodglutton Class:

U.S.S. Bloodglutton

U.S.S. Butcher of Innocents

U.S.S. Bloodthirst

U.S.S. Wargasm

U.S.S. Satanic Majesty

U.S.S. Horny for Evil
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The Baron class:
USS Duke
USS Baron ( no brainer)
USS Sea Steward
USS Emmisary of Huge Guns :twisted:
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USS Imperator
then whatever else you want.
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Post by CmdrWilkens »

phongn wrote:
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
Actually, the new SSNs are going to be named after states (at least partially).
I was about to say Seawolf doesn't sound much like a state to me.
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For American ships from mythology:

Dragon
Gargoyle
Undine
Fairy
Hunchback
(can't find a sixth one :x )
Sphinx

Cocktrice

Incubus

Gorgon

Lamia

Griffin

Hippogriff

Basilisk

Behemoth

Leviathan

Cerberus

Echidna

Orthus

Golem

Salamander

Hydra

Manticore

Phoenix

Scylla

Charybdis
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Post by Col. Crackpot »

CmdrWilkens wrote:
phongn wrote:
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
Actually, the new SSNs are going to be named after states (at least partially).
the seawolf is a totally new class of sub. but only two will ever exist. i don't remember the name of the second..Also, the new Virginia class is full of random names. so ar we have the USS Virginia and the USS Jimmy Carter. (Jimmy fucking Carter? how the hell does he get a warship?)

I was about to say Seawolf doesn't sound much like a state to me.
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http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3346.html

HMS Puncher. Now tell me that doesn't fucking rock.
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