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Strange Names For Ships

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 31, 2008 3:06 PM

The Brits seem to have the bulk of 'em....like the destroyer, "Tribe"...

And the Japanese...their carriers, like Akagi, Kaga, etc. translate into various things, like: Red Castle, Green Dragon...etc...

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, October 31, 2008 2:00 PM

 onyxman wrote:
A containership, Ever Uranus.

ooo.... good one!

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Posted by onyxman on Friday, October 31, 2008 12:45 PM
A containership, Ever Uranus.
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Posted by searat12 on Friday, October 31, 2008 12:16 PM
'HMS Pickle' was Nelsons' Aviso schooner at Trafalgar, brought the news back to England of the victory, as well as rescued a large number of sailors from a sinking 74-gun ship...
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Posted by subfixer on Friday, October 31, 2008 11:58 AM
HMS Pansy was renamed HMS Heartsease and later USS Courage. She was a Flower class corvette. Legend has it that the commissioning crew almost mutinied over the name because they would have to wear "Pansy" on their uniform hats.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 31, 2008 11:51 AM
Glowworm...
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Strange Names For Ships
Posted by subfixer on Friday, October 31, 2008 11:11 AM

This was a topic a few years back and now that we have some new members, I thought it might be fun to bring it back and get some fresh names.

My first entry is USS Hull. I remember seeing "Hull" on the stern of this ship and remarking "No kidding, how is the rest of the ship labeled?"

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