So with CVN-80 going to named "Enterprise", does this

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>>32634260
>It's monarchical

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22478.pdf

>>32634269
It is.

>>32634285
This country is doomed.

>>32634260

>not naming your ships after your major cities

Lolwhy?

Have your flagships named after your old names that aren't shit (pretty much just the Enterprise) and name the rest around your cities or states. Name your carriers after the largest 10 states and then your destroyers after their capital cities in order of size.

>>32634260

>I really can't see a USS George W. Bush, USS William Clinton, USS Barrack Obama, or USS Donald J. Trump.

I'm right there with you buddy.

>>32634260
>Ranger
Only name I don't like.

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>>32634260
I think it's more of a political move to name your CVs Presidents.It much easier to convince politicians to commemorate the pride of the US Navy to our leaders.

Enterprise is the exception to this thanks to CV-6. That one had such a legendary reputation that the name alone is enough to gain approval to construction.

>>32634260

One thing the British do right, is naming their warships.

I want intimidating names.

You really need 5 centuries or so of naval tradition to get a good stock of ship names to recycle over and over like the brits

>>32634260
The US has never, and will never have good ship names.

>>32634557
USS Battleaxe does sound pretty rad.

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>>32634260
>intrepid

Looking forward to the USS Donald J. Trump desu tho :)

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Best name best moto coming through!

>>32634557
>bulwark
>ajax
>conqueror
>warspite
>dreadnought
>vengeance
>nemesis
>invincible
>iron duke
>leviathan
>dagger
>gladiator

It helps that they've had over ten thousand different ships in service, but they still manage to have consistently amazing names.

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>>32634561

All the names in op are good.

Legendary even.

>>32634681
>>32634681

Speaking of mottos "

>"Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win"

The cringe is unbearable. What the fuck is wrong with America, why are they so socially immature? Its like watching a teenager write a love letter.

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>>32634774

>>32634723
>iron duke
Great name but it was named after the Duke of Wellington

>>32634723
The USN is fucking retarded, that's why. They waste the best names on patrol boats and minesweepers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenger-class_mine_countermeasures_ship#Ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone-class_patrol_ship#Ships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressive-class_minesweeper#Units

>>32634285
>the three-ship Seawolf (SSN-21) class of attack submarines—Seawolf (SSN-21), Connecticut (SSN-22), and Jimmy Carter(SSN-23)—which were named for a fish, a state, and a President, respectively, reflecting no apparent class naming rule.
nice

>>32634774
Because this shit is done by marketing teams trying to please (in this case appeal to) people who love Big Bang Theory and Duck Dynasty.

Fucking white trash everywhere in this country. They're a goddamn cancer.

>>32634837
But so does the UK
>HMS Gay Viking

>>32634639
>instead of a numerical designation on the superstructure, it has a giant golden monogram letter "T"

>>32634868
As genuine white trash, I take great offense to this statement.

Big Bang Theory is garbage and only faggots like Duck Dynasty.

>>32634740
The ships were legendary, the names were just named after towns and the only reasons people like them is because of the history of earlier ships.

Funfact! Gene roddenbury of star trek fame wanted the Enterprise to be named after the ship he served on "Yorktown"
The first Enterprise was originally a french ship that was captured by the British in 1705, the name continues to be used by the British but hasn't been used by the French since the 1860's
The first american Enterprise was captured as HMS George in 1775 before being renamed

>>32634881
Then congratulations, you've outgrown your class.

>>32634888
Lexington and Saratoga were battles you dink.

>>32634908
Jesus Christ I'm not sure if you're this idiotic or you're trying to be a troll by acting so fucking retarded.
I'll ask two questions that are rhetorical.
Why was it called the Battle of Lexington?
Where was the Battle of Lexington?

>>32635026
Massachusetts

>>32634723
I heard the Ajax is the cleanest ship in her majesty's navy

>>32634723
Don't forget the "Terror" - that's a name!

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>>32634723
>>32635051
>yfw swabbing the deck of the ajax

>>32635047
>Massachusetts
You're almost there, where about in Massachusetts?
I'll give you a clue it's in middlesex county

>>32635070
>where about in Massachusetts?
Boston

>>32635112
Yea, that's 100% correct.
The battle of Lexington was fought in Boston.

>>32635116
The ships were named after the battles, not the towns. Don't be obtuse and especially don't be smug and arrogant about it either.

>>32635151
That's a neat opinion you've got there.
Funny how the ships aren't named
>USS Battle of Lexington
The ships are named after the town of Lexington where the battle took place

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>>32635177
Am I the one being trolled here? Is this some cunning reverse-troll?

>>32635177
There's no need to be a pedantic fuckwad. A lot of ships have unwritten parts of their name.
Unless you think the USS Washington was named after the multiple cities of Washington or George Washington.

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>>32634865

you'd think since they named the lead boat Seawolf they would name the rest after other famous world war 2 subs like Tang, Archerfish, Tambor etc. but they flubbed it

>>32635210
I'm not the one trying to pretend that the USS Lexington isn't named after a town, just a battle that happened to take place in a town called Lexington

Or is the USS Dwight D Eisenhower named after the 34th president, but not the man

>>32635219
Not sure if you're the original guy, but this all stemmed from
>>32634908
Claiming that the Lexington was somehow different from ships named after towns

>>32635230
I want a red fish & blue fish

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>>32635240
>I'm not the one trying to pretend that the USS Lexington isn't named after a town, just a battle that happened to take place in a town called Lexington
Oh, so you are just a retard. Whew.

>Or is the USS Dwight D Eisenhower named after the 34th president, but not the man
I never expected to get into an argument about the monophysite nature of the Presidency.

>>32634873
I don't know about you, but the idea of a gay viking is pretty fucking terrifying to me.

>>32635051
kek

>>32634880
>it's also painted navy blue

>>32634260
Transfer the captain of the USS Zumwalt to CVN-80 pls

>>32635523

>Captain James Kirk of the USS Enterprise

Make it happen.

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>>32634260
USS Wis/k/onsin.
Forward! motherfuc/k/ers.

>>32634740
They're legendary because of the ships that were given said names, not because the names are particularly impressive.
The brits have a much more dramatic edge to their names:
>Audacious
>Dreadnought
>Invincible
>Inflexible
>Indomitable
>Idefatigable
>Artful
>Conqueror
>Warspite
>Repulse
>Renown
>Glorious
>Valiant
>Courageous
>Tireless
>Vanguard
>Thunderer
>Revenge
And so on.

>>32635230
In the words of Rickover: "fish don't vote".

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>>32634873
The entire Gay class is amusing.
>Gay forester

>>32635296
>monophysite nature of the Presidency.
Legit guffawing.

>>32636101
That's because when the Brits first used most of those names, they were THE ONLY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY with a big navy around. The Brits practically used up all the cool sounding names by the time the US had a proper navy. You can't steal a famous ship name (looking at you, Singapork) and not look like you have no class. E.g. Australia was annoyed that the US named a ship USS Canberra because it kept the name out of circulation until the US ship was scrapped.

>>32634557
>One thing the British do right, is naming their warships.
After mother in laws.

>>32635264
>Claiming that the Lexington was somehow different from ships named after towns
You're that asshole who demanded they name it "City of Corpus Christi", aren't you?

The British Empire had it right, fampai. We need to do some sort of combination British/Imperium of Man shit. We also need to bring back Battleships, if for no other reason than gigantic morale-improving dakka that blows giant fucking craters into the ground from several miles away.
>2019
>war with [who cares lol] has begun
>Navy mobilizes several ships, including but not limited to:
>USS Crusader (CVN-305)
>USS Thunderous Response (BB-265)
>USS Freedom Cry (DD-2546)
>USS Glory (CVN-323)

>>32634447
>largest 10 states
>USS California
>patch is a rainbow boat with a star and crescent
>"First in Peace"
>it carries no armament
>no planes
>no CIWS
>no missiles
>no helicopters
>plastic utensils in the mess
>no radar because acronyms trigger certain crew members

>>32636101
>Idefatigable

That's the only one that pisses me off.

I'm reading Guns of August and it trips me up every time.

>>32637259
Also:
>sail powered
>don't have to prove navy membership to serve
>lots of USO shows though

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>>32634447
>TFW deployed on the USS Michigan
>The crew is all niggers and the water is toxic

>>32637430
>USS Minnesota
>crew is half Somali and no one can figure out who is captain now

>>32634723

Don't forget Vampire.

>>32637275
Horatio Hornblower my dude

>USS New York
>half the crew is a bunch of obnoxious NYC/Long Island fucks
>See USS California
>another quarter is violent ghetto folk who can't figure out who the fucking captain is
>last quarter is a bunch of weird rural people who want their own ship
>within this last quarter is a small group of people who have foot-long beards they refuse to shave and live only off of meat
>they talk to nobody else
>they are simply called the Adirondacks

>>32637526

Haven't read it.

Now I'm sure not to.

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>>32636101
Still not a single ship named Thunder Child

USS Galactica motherfuckers

>>32637259
>We also need to bring back Battleships
Alright, time to quit posting. Try again tomorrow.

make another Gambier Bay

>>32637259
>We also need to bring back Battleships
You have to go back

>>32634557
The fact that they are the kind of names a 12 year old would pick in online games doesn't help.

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>>32637259
Actually, this is their crest and motto.

>>32634888
Roddenberry was in the USAAF (B-17 pilot), not the navy, so he never served on the Yorktown. However it is true that that was the name that was originally considered for the starship Enterprise.

>>32634908
They were towns that were famous because battles were fought their you autistic retard.

>>32635523
>>32635934
That would be awesome

>>32637259
>battleships
Fuck right off then

>>32634723
HMS Gay Viking would like a word
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gay_Viking

>>32637603
>pic

The Thunder Child was a bitty little torpedo rammer though.

>>32637790
>They were towns that were famous because battles were fought their you autistic retard.

>doesn't understand how naming conventions work
>calls others autistic

>>32637259
Incredibly cringy.

>>32637735
>>32637753
>>32637793
>>32637885
I think you mean
>the navy mattering enough to actually need anything that isnt carriers means we have much bigger problems to deal with and what type of ship to build is the least of our worries

>>32634518
The original USS Ranger was the first American flagged vessel to be formally recognized at sea by a passing foreign vessel. Also a Forrestal Class carrier (CV-61)

>>32636177
i chorlted

>>32634865
Carter was a Naval Academy Grad and a Submariner

>>32635026
The Battle of Lexington was the first major engagement of the American Revolution dummy.

Surprised its not gonna be Aircraft Carriery McAircraft carrier face b/c thats a unfunny normie meme

>>32635296
Named after battles, hence, the USS MIDWAY. Research your ship histories.

But here's what you need to ask:

If the city wasn't there, would the battle have taken place?

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>USS Roger Young

>>32638253
...but that's what I said?

>>32634865
Well Jimmy Carter was a submariner so its kinda more appropriate than a Carrier.

What surprises me is when the Navy names the smaller destroyers and frigates after medal of honor winners who weren't in the navy and never served near a boat.

>>32634269
>hasn't heard of the New American Royalty
Look it up. People will naturally feel superior if put in a position of power. When people feel superior, they get entitled. When people get entitled, they behave like royalty.
Sure they don't have royal pedigree, but royal pedigree in the first place was just early humans getting in a position of power and then passing their power down to their children. You know, kind of like how certain families in Washington keep getting elected over generations.

Even to the presidency.
Gee I can think of a few times that happened.

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>>32635051

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>>32634260
>I really can't see a USS Donald J. Trump.

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>>32635934

>make it happen
>not make it so

You had one job

>>32638473
That was Picard's line

>>32638208
And why was it called the battle of Lexington?

>>32637612
Uss pegasus
Uss Valkyrie
And so on, man that would be based.

>>32638483
Still Star Trek

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>>32634865

My favorite naming convention is that ammunition ships (AE) were always named after volcanoes.

>>32634447
>cities or states
Thats for cruisers and battleships.

>>32638466
I could be wrong, but I think naming conventions are largely guided by law.

I believe Ronald Reagan was originally named United States, and that it only came about after the GOP offered to name CVN-75 Harry S Truman.

>>32638639
I had that backwards, Harry S Truman was originally United States.

>>32638498
>>32638208

See>>32638270

Jesus Christ.

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>>32637481
>no one can figure out who is captain now

>>32634617
see
>>32637762

>>Battleaxe_23 slays Pheonix_raider with a lighting staff

>>32638764
Still bitchin

i liked it better when subs were named after fish

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I'm indifferent about the Naming conventions, we have shiploads of boats. I just deploy on the fucks.

We named a DDG after this fat fuck, soo?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Winston_S._Churchill

Well, with Trump wanting a 350 fleet battle ready, there'll be plenty to name.

I wonder if I'll ever get to live to see what the USS Donald J. Trump looks like

>>32634260
We must always have a capital ship named enterprise.

>>32637259
You know what hurts morale? Having a shitty navy

>>32634557
>HMS Gay Viking

>>32638584
Both are submarines now.

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>>32634260
>I really can't see a USS George W. Bush

oh yee of such little faith.

USS Implying

>>32634260
Yorktown needs another run.

>>32638521
Shut up, Wesley!

>>32636131
To be fair, back then gay only meant one thing - happy. The second meaning only appeared in the US in the 60's

>>32634723
That's because English primary school graduates tend to have larger vocabularies than American admiralty.

>>32634260
Hornet can't be Gerald R Ford class, it has to be much bigger so we can launch B-21s off it.

>>32641928
Fucking hilarious when American cops try to talk smart by supplanting precise, appropriate words with less precise, less suitable words just because 'vee-hee-cul' has 3 syllables and 'tr-ukk' only has 2

>>32634260
>USS George W. Bush, USS William Clinton, USS Barrack Obama, or USS Donald J. Trump.
Only Presidents who served in the military get a carrier.

I don't know if Gerogie B or Billy C's National guard service counts there, but short of some Old Man's war shit, no Donny T or Barry O

>>32641488
>USS George Dubya is armed with the Canadarm 3 which shoots lasers

That movie was silly as fuck.

>>32634561
Mcm14 dick hole

>>32635420
yeah that for sure means ass rape even more than normal vikings

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>>32635484
>mods deleted my SFW picture

You some kind of faggot, janitor?

>>32634260
>does this mean we're finally over the bullshit self-congratulatory trend of naming aircraft carriers after politicians.

The only one to warrant it is the sub named after Carter

Naming carriers Reagan, Bush, and fucking Ford who was never even elected! was Rummy and Cheney and the rest of the neocons being purely ideological.

>>32634260
>USS William Clinton
You just know the USS Bubba will be the party ship of the fleet

>>32634801
he had not one but two named after him, there was also the HMS Wellesley

I'm still pretty upset that one of the new British Carriers isn't being named Ark Royal.
Ark Royal is pretty much the british Enterprise and unless something huge changes they wont see another carrier built for 30-50 years.
Pretty happy to have Prince of Wales back though

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>>32634260
>Enterprise

Shhh, don't tell the Americans that there was an HMS Enterprise in 1705 - before the Americans stopped being British.

There is also an HMS enterprise today, it's a hydrographic survey ship. pic related

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Cool name!

>>32643770

>Echo class
>suppose to be a survey boat
>AT are so fucking noisy and causing so much aeration that it renders hull mounted MBES and pinger next to useless

Somebody in fucking shipyard who designed this shit azimuth thrusters should be shot in the fucking back of his head. And some RN idiot, sitting on his flat ass in the office who approved this should be fucking shot next to him

>>32634260
>I really can't see a [...] USS Donald J. Trump.
That's because you're a fag

>>32643770
Shhh, don't tell the British that the 1705 Enterprise was the capture French L'Entreprise

>>32634260
>got to see Enterprise deactivated as CVN65
>get to help bring Enterprise back to life as CVN80

Feels pretty good lads

>>32634518
But the Ranger was John Paul Jones ship., the father of the US Navy.

>>32634260

>there will never by a USS Hillary R. Clinton

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>>32644912
if Gabby Giffords and John McCain got ships named after them Hillary is just a matter of time.

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>>32644912
You can always console yourself that you have this monster name

>>32634557
>HMS Invincible
>Sinks

>>32644956
Trump will commission a USN garbage ship just to name it HRC

>>32644995
>named after Juan Ponce de Leon
>Ponce is the romanticized version of Pontius
its fine

>>32645069
USS Ponce is named after a frenchman?
This keeps getting better.

>>32634868
Fuck you nigger

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>Not naming your ships using names from Greco-Roman mythology.

>>32645303
there is a uss Poseidon isnt there?

>>32645006
>HMS Victory
>defeated

You have to take risks when it comes to ship names

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>>32645466
>HMS Victory defeated
Wat?

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>>32645303
Halo's UNSC had some pretty top-tier names, even if there wasnt much a naming theme going on. at least they dont have any named after dumb politicians or historical figures.

UNSC Infinity
UNSC Euclid's Anvil
UNSC Pillar of Autumn
UNSC Song of the East
UNSC Unto the Breach
UNSC Dawn Under Heaven
UNSC Constantinople
UNSC Roman Blue
UNSC Leviathan
UNSC Feeling Lucky
UNSC Say My Name
UNSC Dresden
UNSC Prophecy
UNSC Everest
UNSC Valiant
UNSC Matador
UNSC Swiftsure
UNSC Weeping Willows
UNSC Vindication
UNSC Trafalgar
UNSC Epoch
UNSC Aegis Fate
UNSC Forward Unto Dawn
UNSC Commonwealth
UNSC Saratoga
UNSC Savannah
UNSC In Amber Clad
UNSC Stalwart Dawn
UNSC Eminent Domain
UNSC Strident
UNSC Allegiance
UNSC Daedalus
UNSC Euphrates
UNSC Fair Weather
UNSC Gettysburg
UNSC Midsummer Night
UNSC Purpose
UNSC Providence
UNSC Ready or Not
UNSC Redoubtable
UNSC Tripping Light

>>32645699
I hate 99% of these.

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>>32645699
some other cool names used

UNSC Gorgon
UNSC Halberd
UNSC The Heart of Midlothian
UNSC Iroquois
UNSC Pioneer
UNSC Heracles
UNSC Diligence
UNSC Agincourt
UNSC Armageddon's Edge
UNSC Clearidas
UNSC Do You Feel Lucky?
UNSC Glasgow Kiss
UNSC Iwo Jima
UNSC Jericho
UNSC Lancelot
UNSC Majestic
UNSC Minotaur
UNSC Persephone
UNSC Resolute
UNSC Tharsis
UNSC Thermopylae

>>32642283
And it's getting a sequel..

>>32642875
>upset

Be happy your government is building two carriers.
You could have been like France..

>>32643971
Damn, that is one SMOOTH hull..

Why aren't the ships we put to sea that smooth?? They're all horribly dented square panels that look like draggy shit.

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>>32645740
>UNSC Armageddon's Edge

edgy as fuck, they should have had a UNSC Delayed Apocalypse too.

>>32644956
Why is the Trimaran hull version of the LCS worse in sea state rating than the Single hull version?

>>32645041
... Does the USN have a garbage disposal ship class?

Or do they hull that stuff back to port in totes? (I can't see the EPA allowing them to just dump it overboard any more)

>>32645858
its probably a rubber coating layer

>>32644912
why so you can watch it slowly sink itself while deleting all of its combat logs?

>>32646273
Kek

>>32645912
They burn/compact trash, then offload during port calls.

>>32636198
You realize that the USN had Canberra and the RAN had a ship with an American name
I dont recall the name right now but they both sank defending each other or something along those lines during world war two

>>32645699
>>32645713
Absolutely agree. UNSC Naming Conventions are largely soulless trash.

>>32634260
We should name vessels after better men. I vote for the USS Titus Andronicus.

>>32645121
He was a Spaniard. Read a goddamn book.

>>32641387
>>HMS Gay Viking
id be more afraid of one of those than a straight one

>>32645740
I miss the days when the biggest UNSC vessel was a converted colony ship.. Phoenix Class.

Felt more genuine.

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>>32645740
>battlecruiser
>smaller than a heavy cruiser

>>32638368
They're often Marines, so it makes sense.

>>32646061
Not only. Submarines hull are made of few big pieces and few welds.

USS Pillar of Autumn when?

>>32644854
I member the 2007 and 2011 deployments but I was out before decom

>>32645699
I can see naming B-17 bombers stuff like feeling lucky, but a ship?

>>32638685
I guess this has to be said again, doesn't it douchebag? "There's no need to be a pedantic fuckwad. A lot of ships have unwritten parts of their name".

>>32645699
>UNSC Everest

Mountains and stuff like that could work, maybe deserts too. Only if they're in your nation though. USS Kilimanjaro would be weird.

>>32647329
Nice, I just started working at Newport News Shipbuilding, so I got to see the tail end of defueling 65. CVN79 is coming along quite nicely, can't wait until we've got that loaded and ready to sail.

>>32647205
You do know hulls are sprayed with a liquid chemical coating, right?

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>>32634617
Not silly enough. Someone hook the USN up with Battletech's naming team.
>Dire Wolf
>Blood Asp
>Warhammer
>Hellstar
>Grand Crusader
>Urbanmech

>>32649290
This or that, but sub hulls are very different than ship hulls, hence the "solid" look.

>tfw no USS Hillary Rodham Clinton
:(

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Just some of my favorites. All the Covie names are good too

Aircraft carriers, representing the strategic bulwark of the fleet and the centerpiece of every war-waging battle group, shouldn't be named after mere persons, places, or things. They should be named in sentences.

For example:
>USS The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

You can't prove me wrong.

>>32649957
No, but we can tie you in chains and throw you overboard.

>>32650047

I don't like the sound of that.

>>32649941
>UNSC Pompadour
Does it have an Elvis Presley AI?

>>32649739
Urbanmech always bothered me. Too on the nose.

>>32645006
>>32645466
Both are still immortalized in our memories and never truly died.

>>32634260
With ship mounted lasers and the high volume VCL destroyers and frigates the manned fighter is on its way out.

The sword versus shield pendulum is swinging the other way.

A carrier is going to have to carry a lot of unmanned vehicles capable of autonomous flight operations including heuristic decision making for offensive and defensive operations.

>>32634522
>Enterprise is the exception to this thanks to CV-6. That one had such a legendary reputation that the name alone is enough to gain approval to construction.
This.

>>32634723
Lets not forget about the three ships
HMS Mimi, Toutou and Fifi

>>32635067
Just for fun..... Is HMS Ajax in service?

Who wants to mail them some cans of Ajax and spam?

>>32638569
That is genuinely hilarious

>>32638569
Because they can errupt like one? Makes sence.

>>32635523
>>32635934
someone needs to start a petition to make this so

>>32638569
My cousin served on board an ammo boat called the USS Pyro.

>>32651410
Yes. They do. It will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies and be totally awesome.

>>32644854
What's your role in both?

>>32634260
I wish but probably not, we will still have the autistic names after ppl convention.

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>>32641928
>That's because English primary school graduates tend to have larger vocabularies than American admiralty.

Ah, that stiff upper lip the Brits are so famous for. As their wholly inadequate fleet was having the unholy shit blown out of it by Argies using hand-me-down shit running on fumes, they kept calm and carried on, confident that the smooth erudite diction of their after-action reports would smooth things over grandly.

Heh.

>>32646722
UNSC supercarriers like the Trafalgar were always quite huge, they just wernt appropriate for fighting the Covenant and most were destroyed during major fleet actions early into the war.

>>32637603
This legit pisses me off.

> USS PA (Since no one from PA actually calls the state 'Pennsylvania')
> Half of the crew are people wearing Real-Tree, the other half are hipsters from Philly/Pitt
> Only food available in the mess hall are hoagies, cheesesteaks, and pierogies
> Half of the crew says 'yinz' instead of 'you', and says 'tree' instead of 'three', leading to mass confusion
> Every forklift or wheeled machinery has a 6 inch lift
> Confederate flags are flown even though PA isn't even close to the Mason-Dixie line
> The only other beverage served other than water is Yeungling Premium Lager
> Everyone on board all the time frowns even though the ship's motto is "Smile, you're on PA!"

>>32644995
>USS Ponce
>not one of the most badass ships currently in service
Fuck off.

>>32645699
God I fucking love the name Pillar of Autumn

>>32652743
The Mason-Dixon Line is the northern border of Maryland, you dunce.

>>32638315
For the everlasting glory of the infantry...

>>32648591
That's just inspiration to conquer tbqh

>>32646335
USS Cole was bombed by Al Qaeda boats masquerading as garbage disposal boats. That's why they were allowed to come close to the destroyer.

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>>32634260
Gerorge W doesnt deserve one for the colossal fuck up of a foreign policy he had.