Funniest/Coolest ship names?

[furious]

I can't help chuckling every time I see the SS Brown Ranger appear on screen, that's one ship I'm sure nobody wanted to serve on.

On the other side of the coin who wouldn't want to serve on HMS Valiant or Warspite?

[DrewMatrix]

All those ships (22 of them IIRC) called Andrea Luckenbach etc. I make whole convoys consisting only of Luckenbachs[;)]

[The Gnome]

I love the ammo ships named after volcanoes.... smoooth.

[RUPD3658]

My favorite is the SS Wahoo. Sounds like a party ship Wahoooo!

[Platoonist]

I imagine a submarine named Flasher must have a crew wearing trench coats. [:D]

[Fallschirmjager]

The British ship names the Black Prince. Is it a CL?
I need a banner of that ship...kick ass name

[fbastos]

I was always bewildered with the Japanese carrier Kaga, as in my native language it literally means "to poop"...

In fact, it is a bit grossier variation; I would never be able to tell that ship's name in my father's house..

F.

[Caltone]

As a huge Star Trek fan I love any ship named 'Enterprise'

[RUPD3658]

You have 2. The US CV and a Brit CL.

[Caltone]

Indeed, and if I manage to sink Sonny's current CV Enterprise, I think I'll see a third [:D]

[waynec]

The British ship names the Black Prince. Is it a CL?
I need a banner of that ship...kick ass name

let's see, there was a black prince that was an ironclad steamer, sister ship of warrior (1862-1923), a ww1 armored cruiser (1906-1916) and a bellona (or modified dido) class anti-aircraft cruiser. you may recognize the name diadem, another member of the class. i think this class was represented in HMS Ulysses by allistar macclean. don't think any served in the pacific during the war but black prince was transferred to new zealand in 1948.
what do you want on the banner?

[panda124c]

ORIGINAL: Platoonist

I imagine a submarine named Flasher must have a crew wearing trench coats. [:D]

As I understand it there was a sub named Goldfish. Flasher at least has some flash. [:'(]

[Fallschirmjager]

If it never served in the Pacific then dont worry about a banner

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: fbastos

I was always bewildered with the Japanese carrier Kaga, as in my native language it literally means "to poop"...

In fact, it is a bit grossier variation; I would never be able to tell that ship's name in my father's house..

F.

Translation closer to caca?[:D] Would you be Greek?

[BossGnome]

I dont know why i just like the twin carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. They were the 2 carriers that always served together, and lasted the longest without being sunk by the americans. (If i remember correctly they were the 2 carriers left after midway) . Plus the names sound cool.

[2ndACR]

ORIGINAL: BossGnome

I dont know why i just like the twin carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. They were the 2 carriers that always served together, and lasted the longest without being sunk by the americans. (If i remember correctly they were the 2 carriers left after midway) . Plus the names sound cool.

I must agree, I have always had a soft spot for those two myself. Even in UV playing as the Allies, I would feel like shedding a tear when I sank or badly damaged one of them.

[freeboy]

"As a huge Star Trek fan I love any ship named 'Enterprise' "

The origonal show also had several other cv names, the Lexington was one if not mistaken. And some others, but my memory fails me....

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: freeboy

"As a huge Star Trek fan I love any ship named 'Enterprise' "

The origonal show also had several other cv names, the Lexington was one if not mistaken. And some others, but my memory fails me....

OK, here comes my admission of trekkie geekness. Lexington, Exeter, Kongo, Constellation, Constitution, Intrepid, Potempkin...darn, what was the ship which the Enterprise's experimental computer nearly destroyed in that one episode?[&:][;)]

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: BossGnome

I dont know why i just like the twin carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. They were the 2 carriers that always served together, and lasted the longest without being sunk by the americans. (If i remember correctly they were the 2 carriers left after midway) . Plus the names sound cool.

Names may sound cool but how tough can you be in ships whose names translate to "Laughing crane and Happy crane"?

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: freeboy

"As a huge Star Trek fan I love any ship named 'Enterprise' "

The origonal show also had several other cv names, the Lexington was one if not mistaken. And some others, but my memory fails me....

OK, here comes my admission of trekkie geekness. Lexington, Exeter, Kongo, Constellation, Constitution, Intrepid, Potempkin...darn, what was the ship which the Enterprise's experimental computer nearly destroyed in that one episode?[&:][;)]

Geek to geek: I think it was the intrepid and the potamkin was destroyed. Nothing like hearing Checkov pronounce Potamkin.