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"Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast" – USS Houston "George's Legs" or "Gorgeous Legs" – French light cruiser Georges Leygues "Germanclown" – USS Germantown (LSD-42) "Ghetto" – USS Gato "Gipper" – USS Ronald Reagan; named for Ronald Reagan's nickname, from his role of George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American.
HMS Cutlass – name given to four ships of the Royal Navy – the first a battleship present at the Battle of the Nile; the second an ironclad sunk in World War I; the third a World War II destroyer, and the most recent ship a Cold War-era destroyer. All four ships appear in the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage.
ships named Enterprise; there is a continuing exception for this name, first used in 1775, eight ships have carried the name, three of them aircraft carriers (CV-6, CVN-65 and CVN-80). USS Nimitz (CVN-68) , lead ship of her class , named for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , commander of all U.S. and Allied naval forces in the Pacific theatre ...
With their planned service in the Dutch East Indies, the Java class was designed with this in mind, as they were intended to be the most powerful ships on station in the area. The cruisers measured 155.3 metres (509 ft 6 in) long overall and 153 m (502 ft 0 in) at the waterline with a beam of 16 m (52 ft 6 in) and a mean draught of 6.1 m (20 ft ...
World of Warships is a naval warfare-themed free-to-play multiplayer online game developed and published by Wargaming. [1] Players control warships of choice and can battle other random players on the server, play cooperative battles against bots, or participate in an advanced player versus environment (PvE) battle mode. For the most skilled ...
On 29 July 1929 Java, the destroyers De Ruyter and Evertsen, and the submarines K II and K VII left Surabaya and steamed to Tanjung Priok. There the ships waited for the royal yacht Maha Chakri of the King of Siam and the destroyer Phra Ruang. After this the ships, without the submarines, visited Bangka, Belitung, Riau, Lingga Islands, Belawan ...
HNLMS Tromp was the lead ship of the Tromp-class destroyer leaders built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.Built just prior to World War II, the ship served mainly in the Pacific and Indian Oceans against the Japanese, being based out of Sydney, Fremantle and Trincomalee where she served alongside British, Australian and US warships.
HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch: Hr.Ms. De Ruyter) was a light cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy.She was originally designed as a 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) ship with a lighter armament due to financial problems and the pacifist movement.