Ship name help!

[AslanC]

I need a name for my PCs ship (they decided that instead of being on the Enterprise they would rather have their own ship, I agree).

I am desperate for suggestions.

Anyone?

[Liquidator Queeg]

U.S.S. Desperado?

OK, more seriously, do you have any strong themes in mind for the game or the ship? Picked a ship class yet?

LQ

[strict31]

Republic, Intrepid, Agincourt, Vanguard, Athabasca...all names I have used for ships. I would also add Trafalgar, but that one keeps getting blown up for some reason...


Strictly Speaking

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

How about just using Lexington again?

Vanguard's a great name though.

[keronn]

Al-Sayad, Peder Wessel, Niels Juel, Olfert Fischer, Olaf Rye, Mjölner, Vasa...

Bear in mind that the entire Human population of the Federation does not come from England or the US. :

The first means "The Hunter". Second through fourth are Danish naval heroes, fifth is a Danish general that died in battle (1849), sixth is the Swedish spelling of Thor's Hammer, seventh is a Swedish warship that sank on its maiden voyage, before leaving the Harbor of Stockholm, where it was built.

Perhaps a bit populistic, but Pat Tillman comes to mind, if you want something unusual, but still related to the US.

[AslanC]

It is a Connie refit

I can't use Lexington, since I promised Captain Stocker's player that I wouldn't.

Vanguard is good.

I am thinking of USS Nautilus. With the dedication "... comme l'aiguille du voilier à travers la toile!"

[AslanC]

Originally posted by keronn
Perhaps a bit populistic, but Pat Tillman comes to mind, if you want something unusual, but still related to the US.

I agree. But I am not an American and while I feel sympathy for Pat Tillman, I would not name my ship after him.

Lincoln... USS Lincoln... Hmmmm...

I now have two names.

Lincoln and Nautilus

Keep 'em coming folks!

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

Hm, I like Nautilus.

[REG]

Argos, Odyssey, Sagen, Hokulea, Magellan, Monitor...

[Sea Tyger]

Indominable
Infrangible
Indefatigable
Independence
Incoercible
Indefectible
Indispensible
Infallible
Insuperable

...from the Horatio Hornblower school of naming....

[strict31]

Aslan, don't forget about naming your shuttles! This is always more problematic for me. All the good names are almost always taken...


Strictly Speaking

[Ezri's Toy]

Hmm. Isn't there a sticky thread dedicated to ship names and dedication plaque quotes already ?

Anyway, a few names:

USS Dauntless
USS William Adams (first Englishman to set foot in Japan.)
USS Blackthorne (named after the character based on William Adams in the Shogun mini-series)
USS Musashi
USS Tenzin Gyatso (Personal name of the current Dalai Lama - In my game, Dalai Lama-class ships, of which the Gyatso is one, are diplomatic couriers or science vessels; The armed versions are diplomatic escorts.)
USS Arthur C. Clarke

[First of Two]

Aslan: Go click on my Incredibly Geeky Shiplist thread up in the Utopia Planitia forum. If you can't find a name in that list, you aren't trying.

[Owen E Oulton]

I tend to use Canadian references for ships in my game:

Geographic:
USS Labrador
USS Ottawa
USS Montreal
USS Halifax
USS Vancouver
USS Moose Jaw
USS Yukon

Ships:
USS Magnificent
USS Bonaventure
USS Bras d'Or
USS St. Roch

People (Politics):
USS Pearson
USS Sam Steele
USS Trudeau
USS John A. MacDonald
USS Cartier
USS MacKenzie-King
USS Laurier
USS Georges Vanier

People (Sports):
USS Orr
USS Howe
USS Mahovalich
USS Mikita
USS Gretzky
USS Messier
USS Horton

First Nations:
USS Ojibwa
USS Algonquin
USS Hochelega
USS Stadacona
USS Ominica
USS Athabaska
USS Miq'mak

Military:
USS Ypres
USS Dieppe
USS Juno Beach
USS Roy Brown

Miscellaneous:
USS Arrow
USS Beaver
USS Wapiti
USS Canuck
USS Acadia

[Phantom]

I have a tendency to use mythology in naming ships:
Scylla
Aegis
Cerberus
Zeus
Minotaur

Or history;
Rommel
Augustus
Trajan
Thebes

One or two made up:
Tel Kos Ra

Though I do find it interesting that the Lincoln came up in connection with the Nautilus. Both being ships in 20,000 Leagues.