Japanese ship-naming conventions

Vaux · 01-15-14, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

Or, USS River Runs Through Forest.

In English, at least, some of them just lack that "intimidation factor".

John Channing · 01-15-14, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vaux

In English, at least, some of them just lack that "intimidation factor".

Yeah! Not like the USS Trout!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

JCC

Sailor Steve · 01-15-14, 08:06 PM

Very nice. It's easy to find all the names, but the "why" sometimes eludes us. Thanks for posting that.

Vaux · 01-15-14, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by John Channing

Yeah! Not like the USS Trout!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

JCC

Touche'

Sailor Steve · 01-15-14, 09:31 PM

That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer.

Vaux · 01-15-14, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer.

Does she have a sister ship? HMS Bumchapper?

merc4ulfate · 01-15-14, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer.

ROFLMAO

Rammstein0991 · 01-15-14, 11:23 PM

In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake

Vaux · 01-16-14, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rammstein0991

In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake

You list your location as North Carolina. Would I be correct in assuming from your username that you're referring to the Deutsche Marine? (Rammstein fan here, BTW

).

01-15-14, 08:06 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Very nice. It's easy to find all the names, but the "why" sometimes eludes us. Thanks for posting that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-15-14, 09:31 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's okay. The British 'Insect' class gunboats included HMS Cockchafer. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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01-15-14, 11:23 PM	#8
Rammstein0991 Engineer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: NC USA Posts: 219 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	In english our warships would sound like something out of Halo for pete's sake