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How to Name a Ship
Many ship names have been used scores of times . The revolutionary
British Dreadnaught of 1906, for example, was the eighth ship in the
English naval history to bear that name, otd others have used it
since. There has never been any universal system for naming ships.
While the British preferred frightening names like the Invincible,
Devastation, Shark, and Hyena, for their warships, the Japanese have
always like the romantic names such as the Shiranuhi (“Phosphorescent
Foam”) and Kasumi (“Mist of Flowers”). No rigid logic seems ever to
have been at work here, although the U.S. Navy did institute a
comprehensive system during World War II, prescribing that the
following classes of ships be named in the following manner (don’t
forget, however, that sailors on the strictest naval ships often
called them by entirely different names – the Missouri for example,
was sometimes called the Misery, the Brooklyn, and the Teakettle;
while the Salt Lake City was often called the Swayback Marie!)
Aircraft carriers. After battles, people associated with aviation, and
great American ships.
Ammunitions ships. For volcanoes; also with names suggesting fire and
explosives.
Amphibious force flagships. After U. S. mountains.
Battleships. For states of the union.
Cargo ships. For astronomical bodies or U. S. counties.
Cruisers. For U. S. cities, territories, and capitals of U.S.
territories.
Destroyers. After dead persons associated with the Navy and Marines.
Destroyer escorts. In honor of “personnel of the Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard killed by enemy action in World War II).”
Harbor tugs. After trees, or Indian chiefs and “other noted Indians.”
Hospital ships. Named with “synonyms for kindness” or “other logical
and euphonious words.”
Landing ships. For places of historical interest.
Minelayers. After former navy monitors or with “logical and euphonious
words.”
Minesweepers. Names of birds or with “logical and euphonious words.”
Net Tenders. After trees, or Indian chiefs and “other noted Indians.”
Ocean tugs. For Indian tribes.
Provision store ships. For astronomical bodies.
Salvage ships. With “names descriptive of their functions.”
Seaplane tenders. With the names of U.S. straits, bays, and inlets.
Submarines. After fish and other sea life.
Submarine tenders. With the names of pioneers in submarine development
and characters in mythology.
Tankers. With Indian names of rivers.
Transports for carrying wounded. In honor of dead Navy surgeon
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