A whole bunch o' Ship Names

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Tyger, wasn't the Long Beach the first nuclear powered surface warship? Maybe that's where you got the name from.

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Nope. The first nuke surface ship was the aircraft carrier Enterprise, the first nuclear cruiser was the Bainbridge, and the Navy built four more, named after states. (South Carolina was one, I remember...she used to be moored about halfway down the dock from us).

The Navy used city names for her Los Angeles-class nuclear hunter-killer submarines...of the 40-odd ships of that class, none were named Long Beach.

I think the only reason I called the ship the Long Beach was that the Navy had a base there (it was closed in the 90's). It's still embarassing...:rolleyes:

Bainbridge! That jogs my memory. Now I remember where I saw a picture of the Long Beach. It was in an old maritime history magazine, and it had an article about the "world's first all-nuclear task force". There was a picture of Enterprise, Bainbridge, and Long Beach in formation.

On another note, Indefatigable isn't just for Hornblower fans. That was a real RN razee frigate, and Captain Pellew was her real captain. CS Forester did some real research before he wrote the Hornblower stories.

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Bainbridge! That jogs my memory. Now I remember where I saw a picture of the Long Beach. It was in an old maritime history magazine, and it had an article about the "world's first all-nuclear task force". There was a picture of Enterprise, Bainbridge, and Long Beach in formation.

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Cool. It's quite possible that the Long Beach was just part of the task force. Back then, the Navy used city names for their light cruisers, and they produced a bunch of them in WWII.

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On another note, Indefatigable isn't just for Hornblower fans. That was a real RN razee frigate, and Captain Pellew was her real captain. CS Forester did some real research before he wrote the Hornblower stories.

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I didn't know that; very cool. I became a Hornblower fan when A&E made movies out of the books. An excellent series. :)

Antoher good RN-style name came to mind... USS Indomitable.

My capaign is based on a refitted Intrepid class explorer, USS Marblehead... named after the birthplace of the Earth's United States Navy.


Charles

Ripped out of B5's "No Surrender, No Retreat" (without the USS, obviously)

USS Furies
USS Pollux
USS Nemesis
USS Heracles
USS Vesta
USS Juno

Here are some from many of my campaigns...

USS Pinnacle (Tuxton Class Vessel[My own design])
USS Mercury (Intrepid)
USS Atlantic (Intrepid)
USS Pacifica (Nova)
USS Jackson (Defiant)
USS Glacier (Defiant)
USS Tiger (Steamrunner)
USS Phoenix (Steamrunner)
USS Lightning (have no used this but I like it)
USS Seneca (Galaxy)
USS Salk (Olympic)
USS Eclipse (nova)

Hey - has Phantom come out of the closet yet? :)

Here are some more that I thought of:

USS Paladin (nova)
USS Alliance
USS Avenger
USS Belar
USS Tolkien

-That's all for now, more later.

USS Orczy

USS Barbara

USS Josepha

USS Maria

USS Rosalia

USS Magdalena

USS Emmuska

USS Tamaors

USS Magyarorszag


Emmuska Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josepha Barbara Orczy
was the author of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' and born in Tamaors, Magyarorszag (Hungary), the same place my grandparents were born ;)

Akira class: Montezuma, Quetzalcoatl, Atahualpa, Kamehameha, Pocahontas, Powhatan, Cahokia, Quetzaltenango, Cuzco, Tenochtitlan, Oklahoma, Tikal, Copan, Onandagus, Navajo, Ute, Paiute, Miwok, Algonquin, Sioux, Inuit, Ungava, Hawaii, Kailua, Kona, Laie, Oahu

Ambassador class: Diplomat, Minister, President, Chancellor, Emperor, Governor, Admiral, General, Lieutennant, Ensign, Cadet, Commander, Centurion, Commodore, King, Queen, Monarch, Diplomacy, Constable, Officer, Enlisted, Sergeant

Andromeda Class: Triangulum, Sagittarius, Orion, Perseus, Vela,

Akira class: Montezuma, Quetzalcoatl, Atahualpa, Kamehameha, Pocahontas, Powhatan, Cahokia, Quetzaltenango, Cuzco, Tenochtitlan, Oklahoma, Tikal, Copan, Onandagus, Navajo, Ute, Paiute, Miwok, Algonquin, Sioux, Inuit, Ungava, Hawaii, Kailua, Kona, Laie, Oahu

Ambassador class: Diplomat, Minister, President, Chancellor, Emperor, Governor, Admiral, General, Lieutennant, Ensign, Cadet, Commander, Centurion, Commodore, King, Queen, Monarch, Diplomacy, Constable, Officer, Enlisted, Sergeant

Andromeda Class: Triangulum, Sagittarius, Orion, Perseus, Vela, Magellan, Cluster, Arm, Nucleus, Core, Halo, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Quadrant, Sector, Empire, Federation, Union, Capricorn, Cygnus, Cancer, Bear, Dipper, Dog, Hunter, Triangle, Eridanus, Mensa

Apollo Class: Mars, Zeus, Hera, Hercules, Odin, Thor, Jupiter, Vulcan, Epimetheus, Bacchus, Osiris, Isis, Quetzalcoatl, Asgard, Olympus, Kahless, Stovokor, Grethor, Vhorani, Aldea, Iconia, Tkon, Hur'q, Bunyan, Appleseed, Elf, Troll

Bradbury class: Umarin, Asimov, Card, Heinlein, Herbert, Hubbard, Duane, David, Shatner, Roddenberry, Lucas, King, Hitchcock, Serling, Twain, Clemens, Zemeckis, Spielberg, Niven, Ordover, Long, Moore, Hite, Isaacs, Zahn, Dahl, Pinkwater, Clarke

Centaur class: Elf, Gnome, Halfling, Hobbit, Troll, Titan, Giant, Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Jackalope, Setesh, Dragon, Cerberus, Feklar, Unicorn, Monoceros, Monster, Beast, Demihuman, Zombie, Vampire, Werewolf, Werebear, Werecat, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Ness

Challenger class: Zubrin, Goldin, Aldrin, Cochrane, Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, Vespucci, Columbus, Demosthenes, Hubble, Magellan, Wolf, Abraham, Greenwich, Keck, Kennedy, Johnson, Alpha, Skylab, Mir, Soyuz, Apollo, Enterprise, Atlantis, Discovery, Saturn, Titan

Cheyenne class: Sioux, Hopi, Iroquois, Cherokee, Navaho, Miwok, Maidu, Aztec, Maya, Quechua, Inca, Guarani, Tupi, Carib, Hawaii. Inuit, Eskimo, Aborigine

Constellation class: Lynchburg, Batallion, Lincoln, Lee, Chandler, Sector, Arm, Galaxy, Cluster, Telescope, Station, Shuttle, Module, Lander, Colony, Star, Nebula, Quasar, Pulsar, Giant, Dwarf, Planet, Moon, Asteroid, Comet, Meteor, Cloud, Belt

Curry class: Okuda, Jeffries, Roddenberry, Neuss, Berman, Braga, Stewart, Spiner, Nimoy, Burton, Shatner, Kelley, Dorn, Shimmerman, Takei, Wang, Mulgrew, Meaney, Plummer, Tesh, Laroquette, Lloyd, Hanks, Alexander, Montalban

Danube class: Salmon, Willamette, Feather, Potomac, Snake, Amazon, Red, Missouri, Darling, Congo, Nile, Henares, Rhine, Thames, Ribble, Susquehanna, Colorado, Sevier, Jordan, American, Sacramento, Indus, Styx, Euphrates, Tigris, Glomma

Defiant class: Reliant, Compliant, Adamant, Joinville, Manaus, Belem, Goiania, Campinas

Deveva class: Algiedi, Kaitos, Saiph, Mintaka, Orionis, Cygni, Centauri, Mensae, Sagittarii, Denebola, Bandi, Q, Ferengi, Farpoint

Excelsior class: Canberra, Weissmann, Bradshaw, Placerville, Huntsman, Bravo, Mirandy, Jackson, Main, Folsom, Starfire, Agena, Arden, Sunrise, Dover, Franklin, Madrone, Manchaca, Cherrydale, Allen, Cunningham, Kirtland, Sandia, Einstein, Johnson, Cosumnes, American, Sacramento, Garden, Hurley, Castlebar, Lutheran, Wyalong, Madison, Manzanita, Mission

Freedom class: Dignity, Liberty, Justice, Mercy, Fairness, Balance, Intelligence, Awe, Heritage, Honor, Independence, Wisdom, Knowledge, Trade, Firefighter, Payback

Galaxy class: Noble, Respect, Kindness, Life, Continuity, Equality, Spirit, Destiny, Rich, Ancient, Future, Prehistoric, History, Integrity, Atlas, Midas, Mankind, Governance, Fortitude, Endurance, Constitution, True, Honest, Virtue, Benevolent, Dominion, Plantagenet, Anjou, Stewart, Windsor, Nixon, Kennedy, Reagan, Bush, Washington, Calamity, Health, Alive, Resistance, Vitality, Perception, Will, Psionic, Presence, Admonition, Golden, Lovely, Praiseworthy, President, Father, Patriarch, Supernal, Omnipotent, Modern, Modest, Immersion, Force, Balance, Power, Amazonas, Tibet, Manchuria, Siberia, Russia, Pacific, Atlantis, Ocean, Thunder, Lightening, Electric, Platinum, Zirconium, Cube, Pyramid, Helios, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Levity, Good, Mother, Brother

Hokule'a class: Hilo, Kailua, Kona, Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kamehameha, Dole, Preserve, Island, Volcano, Reef, Chain, Archipelago, Midway, Mountain, Crater, Molten, Pacific, Samoa, Guam, Sandwich, Maori

Intrepid class: Beacon, Explorer, Varsity, Scout, Eagle, Sunbeam, Right, Choice, Beehive, Earnest, Bold, Pioneer, Praiseworthy, Wisdom, Science, Peace, President, Mandela, Space, Frontier, Seek, Civilization, Planet, World, Strange, Go, Perseid, Arachnid

Istanbul class: Byzantium, Submission, Islam, Mohammed, Turkey, Armenia, Greece, Aegean, Mediterranean, Propontis, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lebanon, Syria, Troy, Horse, Empire, Medieval, Survival, Astronomy, Muslim, Arab, Egypt, Sinai, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kashmir

Korolev class: Soyuz, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, Catherine, Great, Russia, Mother, Community, Council, Supreme, Republic, Society, Mir, Vladimir, Mikhail, Boris

Mediterranean class: Red, Dead, Galilee, Aral, Caspian, North, Caribbean, Hudson, Bonneville, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Tahoe, Berryessa, Texcoco, Salt, Sevier, Bear, Slave, Ontario

Merced class: Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Sacramento, Lodi, Castle, Atwater, Edwards, Kern, Yosemite, Bridalveil, Halfdome, Firefall, Waterfall, Sequoia, Redwood, Manzanita, Arboreal, Perennial, Evergreen, Connifer, Valley, Central, Bay

Miranda class: Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney, Reef, Tasman, Papua, Guinea, Indian, Solomon, Indonesia, Malaysia, borneo, Celebes, Java, Fiji, Suva, Cebu, Iloilo, Manilla, Quezon, Bacolod, Bangkok, Hanoi, Zeal, Dunedin, Hamilton

Nebula class: Overseer, Lincoln, Lee, Abraham, Civil, Texas, Batallion, Emigrant, Frontier, Settlement, Arizona, California, Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, North, South, War, Rebellion, Fluff, Cloud

New Orleans class: Baton Rouge, Little Rock, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Birmingham, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Mobile, Louisiana, Arkansas, Cotton, Gin, Field, Agriculture, Caribbean, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Aruba, Trinidad, Tobago, Antilles, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Niagara class: Feather, Ribbon, Bridalveil, Horsetail, Angel, Victoria, Yale, Berkeley, Burbank, Henrico, Jamestown, Oglethorpe, Lynchburg, Manchester, Rochester, Buffalo, Palmyra, Fayette, Finger, Oriskany, Utica, Albany

Norway class: Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Archangel, Glasgow, Warsaw, Murmansk, Svalbard, Nuuk, Nome, Seattle, Hammerfest, Stavangerfjord, Prague, Bratislava, Freiberg, Zurich, Berne, Zug, Geneva, Basel, Winterthur, Schwyz, Verona, Vaduz, Vyborg, Faroe, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Ungava, Labrador, Baffin, Spitsbergen, Reykjavik, Bergen, Salzburg, Vienna, Thurgau, Tallinn, Bothnia, Bering, Riga, Barrow, Kamchatka, Minneapolis, Skagerrak, Kattegat, Bornholm, Visby, Gotland, Lofoten, Kristiansand, Baltic, North, Katowice, Gunnison, Duluth, Superior, Tuna, Misterhult, Sundre

Nova class: Supernova, Solstice, Horsehead, Crab, Sombrero, Borealis, Australis, Trinary, Zenith, Quasar

Oberth class: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Gorky, Unicorn, Zebra, Stallion, Bronco, Bucking, Donkey, Burro, Surak, Yellowstone

Olympic class: Beijing, Sarajevo, Calgary, Lillehammer, Moscow, Sydney, Mexico, Athens, Rome, Oslo, Barcelona, Atlanta

Prometheus class: Epimetheus, Epidermis, Beginning, Origin, Morning, Daybreak, Sunrise, Dawn

Renaissance class: Medieval, Antiquity, Modern, Industrial, Revolution, Italy, China, Arab, Voyage, Restoration, Columbus, Reformation, Colonia, Christobol, Classical, Baroque, Fugue, Shakespeare, Cervantes

Rigel class: Saiph, Mintaka, Acamar, Achernar, Helios, Vulcanis, Spica, Wolf, Draper, Proxima

Saber class: Sword, Knife, Lance, Foil, Scissor, Axe, Hatchet, Needle

Sequoia class: Wente, Tahoe, Sugarpine, Zion, Arches, Presidio

Sovereign class: Monarch, Minister, King, Ruler, President, Secretary, Admiral, General, Emperor, Proconsul, Prince, Duke, Nobleman, Count, Viceroy, Senator, Representative, Governor, Mayor, Principal, Director, Autarch, Tetrarch

Springfield class: Carthage, Chicago, Cahokia, Peoria, Glenview, Champagne, Rantoul

Steamrunner class: Folsom, Mather, Beale, Travis, Bergstrom, Kirtland, Sandia, Marshall, Torreon

Surak class: Sarek, Skon, Solkar, Stonn, Spock

Talon class: Beak, Wing, Gizard, Claw, Tail, Plume, Feather

Wambundu class: Tellus, Molor, Kahless, Khrysaros

Yeager class: Saturn, Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger, Enterprise, Apollo, Titan, Soyuz, Mir, Alpha, Skylab, Friendship, Phoenix, Bonaventure, Valiant, Sputnik, Hubble, Keck, Twin, Cricket, Pinnochio, Whale, Donkey, Puppet, Real

Yorkshire class: Lancashire, Middlesex, Kent, Somerset, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Colorado, Pueblo, Moab, Vernal, Duchene

Zodiac class: Ecliptic, Plane, Capricorn, Cancer, Gemini, Meridian, Dateline, Equator, Ecuador, Tropic, Circle, Orbit, International, Diameter, Circumference

So far we've only had one ship, a Galaxy class which I let my players choose a name for. I don't think they were in the Star Trek spirit when they chose:
USS-Tyrant
Still, it's blown up now and I'm trying to think of a name for a Sabre-class ship, although I think "Foil" and such would be a bit daft as far as names go. I reckon it should be named after a fencing master, USS-Degrasse or something.

Charlie E/N

Haven't used em, but how about

Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Mobius

Boy, what a lot of names! I'll add a few we used in my campaign...


U.S.S. Wolverine (Defiant class)
U.S.S. Adamant (Defiant class)
U.S.S. Kurosawa (obviously Akira class ;) )
U.S.S. Adventurer (Sovereign class)
U.S.S. Zeus (Intrepid class)
U.S.S. Twilight (Nova class)
U.S.S. Pioneer (Intrepid class)
U.S.S. Melville (Steamrunner class)
U.S.S. Falchion (Saber class)
U.S.S. Khopesh (Saber class)
U.S.S. Hemingway (Sovereign class)
U.S.S. Havoc (Defiant class)
U.S.S. Tempest (Akira class)
U.S.S. Eisenhower (Ambassador class)


Hmmm... I'm sure there are more, but that's what I recall now.

Dont forget adding letters onto ship that have been destroyed.

Like

USS Valiant-A :Original destroyed crossing the Great Barrier.
USS Melborne-A: Original destroyed at Wolf 359.
USS Yomata-A: Original destroyed by a ship wide computer virus.

They did it with the Enterprise why not others

You don't need to add the 'A' to 'recycled' names for starships because it's not the tradition. Yes, they do it for the Enterprise, but that is an exception to the rule.

After all, you don't see Sisko's Defiant having a letter behind it, do you? It's not an original name - there was a U.S.S. Defiant in Kirk's time in the TOS episode "The Tholian Web". There might have been more in between, but if subsequent ships must use the letters, Sisko's ship should at least have had registry NX-1764-A instead of NX-74205. Clearly it did not (note that the NX is necessary instead of the usual NCC since the Defiant was an experimental ship - the first ship of the 'Defiant' starship class).

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Originally posted by el queso
Still, it's blown up now and I'm trying to think of a name for a Sabre-class ship, although I think "Foil" and such would be a bit daft as far as names go. I reckon it should be named after a fencing master, USS-Degrasse or something.

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How about USS Armand D'Hubert, with a plaque quote of "We came here to kill each other. Any ground is suitable for that." (Or maybe "A compliment to the cavalry" as a more obscure & less warlike quote...) And if anyone can name the movie without resorting to IMDB, I'll be impressed...

Cyberludite, I'll take a shot in the dark and guess "The Duellists".

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Originally posted by Sarge
Cyberludite, I'll take a shot in the dark and guess "The Duellists".

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And Sarge puts it right in the x-ring. :D I knew that the "A complement to the cavalry" was too big a hint...

Woohoo! Sarge rules! Sarge rules! In your face! Who da man? Who da Sarge?

Ahem. Sorry about that. I'll take my prize and go home now. :)

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Originally posted by Highway Hoss
I always prefer using German ship names myself...Prinz Eugen, Karlrushe, Dredsen, Scharnhorst, Gniesenau, BIsmarck, Tirpitz...and my personal favorite, the Emden, the name of the daring commerce raider.

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If you like Krauts ;)

Derflinger (WWI BC, aka The iron dog)
Von der Tann (WWI BC)
Hindenburg (WWI BC)
Seydlitz (WWI BC)
Lützow (WWI BC)
Tanenberg (Famous Battle in WWI)
Blücher (WWI CC/WWII CC)
Goeben (WWI BC)
Breslau (WWI CC)

And all the "cities"

Köln, Karlsruhe, Dresden, Hamburg (Light cruisers)

And:

Bremse (The insect, also: Brake) (Artillerie-test ship)
Brummer (Again an insect, a loud fly , Hummer) (as above)


But what about the Russkies?

"Red October" / Krasnie Octobre (sp?) is a classic[1]
Petropavlosk (Flagship, Russian Far East Fleet 1905)
Pobjeda (BB, Far East, 1905)
Potjemkin (CC, 1905)
Aurora (CC, 1917)
Zarewitsch (BB, 1905)

And the Japanese:

Yashima (BB, 1904)
Hatsue (BB, 1904)
Mushashe (BB turned Carrier)
Yamamoto (Admiral, Pearl)
Togo (Admiral, victor of 1905)


Michael

[1] Some TOS-novels (Crisis at Centaurus i.e) make hints at Checkov comming from a UdSSR-style system

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Originally Posted by Cochrane

USS Demihuman

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A bump and a WTF?

Ships in my Coda and LUG Trek campaigns:

Starfleet:

• USS Agamemnon
  
• USS Bahamut
  
• USS Bohr
  
• USS Buckminster Fuller
  
• USS Century
  
• USS Euphrates
  
• USS Fomalhaut
  
• USS Gallant
  
• USS Helvetia
  
• USS Horus-Ra
  
• USS Idunn
  
• USS MacRae (in my campaign, named for a famous peacemaking general during Zefram Cochrane's time)
  
• USS Mohawk (after the Indian tribe, not the hairstyle ... )
  
• USS Mount Seleya
  
• USS Nemesis
  
• USS Paladin (is this a popular name or what?)
  
• USS Peerless
  
• USS Persephone
  
• USS Schweitzer
  
• USS Undaunted
  

Others:

• Glory Station (subtitled with a Greek letter, i.e. Glory Station Epsilon)
  
• Naja Bukomi (from the anime Lensman, which is based on the Doc Smith pulp-sf novels)
  
• Brittannia (also Lensman/Doc Smith)
  
• Septimus Leechwolf (owned by a Cardassian smuggler, named after a creature in my campaign native to the Cardassian world Septimus)
  
• Siren Song (a tanker modified into an Orion Syndicate pirate ship)
  
• A lot of random-sounding alien vessel names not worth mentioning here
  

Unused Ideas:

• USS Anaximander (Science Vessel)
  
• USS Curie (science vessel)
  
• USS Garret (after the Enterprise-C Captain)
  
• USS Harriman (after the Enterprise-B captain)
  
• USS Infinitude (explorer vessel)
  
• USS Monitor (Ablative Armored)
  
• USS Merrimac (Ablative Armored)
  
• USS Superlative (biggest and baddest class for the era, i.e. Sovereign-class)
  

USS Warlock (Defiant class) & USS Archangel (Soverign class) USS Pioneer (Excelsior class)

USS Karl Von Clauswitz
USS Herod Aggripa
USS Soryu
USS Hiryu
USS Akaga