The best ship naming convention is....

[Deathblow]

I can't decide what I like the best...I've always been partial to cities/states and war heros because the names are without ego but still honorable and proud. Names like Valient and Intrepid are too egocentric and conceited to be the best ship names IMHO, the same true for animals like Akula, and Seawolf.

Hm.... or maybe some other naming convention that someone hasn't thought of yet?.... like Nobel Prize winners? :hmm:

[Camaero]

I love the names of weapons myself. Animals are second favorite. I just love the sound of something like Broadsword for the name of a ship.

Just a side question I have however. Who names the ships? Where do the class names come from? (Sorry, not trying to get off topic here.) :hmm:

[Deathblow]

Just a side question I have however. Who names the ships? Where do the class names come from? (Sorry, not trying to get off topic here.) :hmm:

as far as the USN
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/names.htm

[TLAM Strike]

Got to go with names like Enterprise and Intrepid.

Animals are good. I miss when submarines were named after fish and stuff.

Also ships named after Battles are good.

[Sea Demon]

I personally like honoring war/military/national heros. USS Nimitz, USS Hyman G. Rickover, USS John S. McCain, USS Arleigh Burke, USS Reagan, etc.

Sea Demon

[Pigfish]

This is a hard one to pick as they are all good choices. I know I dont like ones named after politicians. Up here these days it seems every time a politician dies a mountain is renamed in his honor. :down:

Here in Canada for ships its been mostly Citys and towns. We are supposed to get 3 new supply ships and Im hoping they are named after National Parks. A 'Banff' class would be :cool: .

[Abraham]

It is a tradition in the Dutch Navy (as well as in many other navies) that ships are often called after predecessors. I like that tradition (but of course that only shifts the thread question back as well...).
Our navy uses the names of provinces, cities, admirals and/or heroes, animals of the sea (for submarines) and sometimes mythological names or names of scientists (for maritime research or hydrografic ships)

[diver]

I voted for "Naming of grandious terms/weapons (Vanguard, Broadsword, Enterprise, Independence, etc)"

HMAShips "Vendetta", "Voyager", "Vengeance", and "Quickmatch" were some great names as an example.

I also like naming for supernatural/mythical creatures, for instance: HMAships "Vampire" and "Cerberus" (the 3 headed giant dog that guards the gates of hell).

Naming after Battles is another good convention, HMAShips "Tobruk", "Balikpapan", "Labuan", and "Brunei" to name a few.

Heroes are not bad. Neither are animals.

I do not like naming for cities or states, and was shattered to here the RAN's new LHD's and AEGIS DDG's would be named after cities.

[Takeda Shingen]

I have to go with the British on this one. They know how to pick a name. (Vangaurd, Intrepid, Victory, etc.)

[Oberon]

I'm still waiting (impatiently) for the Royal Navy to name a ship HMS Thunder Child. :up:

[Kapitan]

war heros they deserve it they helps save rescue a country so they should

[Sailor Steve]

I have to go with the British on this one. They know how to pick a name. (Vangaurd, Intrepid, Victory, etc.)
Are you aware that the British used to have a class of gunboats named after insects?

My favorite was HMS Cockchafer. And yes, that was really its name. Apparently a kind of grasshopper.

[Oberon]

I have to go with the British on this one. They know how to pick a name. (Vangaurd, Intrepid, Victory, etc.)
Are you aware that the British used to have a class of gunboats named after insects?

My favorite was HMS Cockchafer. And yes, that was really its name. Apparently a kind of grasshopper.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rwburton/naturenotes/cockchafer/maybugwings.jpg

vs

http://hmsfalcon.com/insect/cockch5.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

Are you aware that the British used to have a class of gunboats named after insects?

My favorite was HMS Cockchafer. And yes, that was really its name. Apparently a kind of grasshopper.

Well, that is fitting for a gunboat. HMS Leviathan would probably leave people disappointed.

[Bort]

USN subs used to have the best names, until everything came unglued with the 688 class. In general i'd love to see all USN naming conventions return to WWII rules! :up: Too bad most ships/subs these days are USS (insert politically expedient location/name here). :nope:

[Marhkimov]

I loved the Arizona, New Jersey, Missouri, California, Iowa....

State names were pretty cool. Too bad we have a limit at 50... :rotfl:

[Bill Nichols]

* Bort]USN subs used to have the best names, until everything came unglued with the 688 class. In general i'd love to see all USN naming conventions return to WWII rules! :up: Too bad most ships/subs these days are USS (insert politically expedient location/name here). :nope:

I agree 100-percent. Look at the Seawolf class: SSN21 named after a fish (WW-II style) :up: , SSN22 named after a state (what is this, a battleship :-? ), and SSN23 named after a (not very great) President :down:
You'd think, with only three boats in a class, that the Navy could be consistent :damn:

[diver]

I agree 100-percent. Look at the Seawolf class: SSN21 named after a fish (WW-II style) , SSN22 named after a state (what is this, a battleship ), and SSN23 named after a (not very great) President
You'd think, with only three boats in a class, that the Navy could be consistent


Inconsistensy seeems to be a naval fashion lately.

RAN Anzac class:

FFH-150 Anzac - Named after an army central to aussie history
FFH-151 Arunta - Named for an aboriginal tribe
FFH-152 Warramunga - Named for an aboriginal tribe
FFH-153 Stuart - I dont even know. Not a town, so could be a person or a river.
FFH-154 Parramatta - Named for a suburb. Not a town or city, but a suburb OF a city
FFH-155 Ballarat - Named for a large town/small city
FFH-156 Toowoomba - Named for a large town/small city
FFH-157 Perth - Named for a Capital city

Not an awful lot of sense in all those names.

[TLAM Strike]

... and SSN23 named after a (not very great) President :down: I prefer to think of it as named after a very successful submariner.

[Konovalov]

RAN Anzac class:

FFH-150 Anzac - Named after an army central to aussie history
FFH-151 Arunta - Named for an aboriginal tribe
FFH-152 Warramunga - Named for an aboriginal tribe
FFH-153 Stuart - I dont even know. Not a town, so could be a person or a river.
FFH-154 Parramatta - Named for a suburb. Not a town or city, but a suburb OF a city
FFH-155 Ballarat - Named for a large town/small city
FFH-156 Toowoomba - Named for a large town/small city
FFH-157 Perth - Named for a Capital city

Not an awful lot of sense in all those names.

Stuart firstly is a Scottish name. The naming of the RAN frigate Stuart is from the Scottish 19th century explorer John McDouall Stuart who was also a member of Charles Sturt's team that ventured to the middle of Australia. There is also a mountain named after him. :know:

The only reason I know this is because I attended Scitch College in Adelaide for a few years in my younger days. The Reverend at our school was a Scot so he always liked to emphasise the Scottish/Australian connections. :D

[Sailor Steve]

Another favorite of mine was one of the George Washington class missile subs-USS King Kamehameha.

[Etienne]

I just with civillian shipowner would quit it with "Courage" "Glory" "Wonder" "Pride" and whatnot. Name them after your squeezes, world currencies, types of rust, I don't care! I'm just fed up of the AIS VDU looking like some sort of mad epic poem.

[Apocal]

1. Battles.
2. Navy/Marine Corps heroes.
3. Cities/states.

I just with civillian shipowner would quit it with "Courage" "Glory" "Wonder" "Pride" and whatnot. Name them after your squeezes, world currencies, types of rust, I don't care! I'm just fed up of the AIS VDU looking like some sort of mad epic poem.

Yes!

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

I picked "adjectives". Everyone can sympathize with them easily - or at least he would, if only he can translate Sovremenny and Neustrashimy into English...

[DAB]

Navy News Article - Why the New Royal Navysnewest aircraft carrier will not be called HMS Death Star (http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2002/0207/0002073101.asp)

There are some fantastic gems in this article

HMS Infernal (too doom-laden); HMS Morris Dance (not sufficiently doom-laden

[Kapitan]

HMS PRINCE OF WALES and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH are the two british carrier names