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Pun boat names inspired by summer, sand, and sea are popular picks, as well as inside jokes like a play on your name or a poke at a defining life event ("She Got the House" or "401K").
The name unveiling traditionally takes place at a boat christening, which involves striking your vessel—a not-prone-to-damage metal fixture, preferably—with a bottle of pre-scored Champagne.
USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.) America, 2001 USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope. HMS Calypso; HMS Dido ...
The name means literally "bark boat": they were made from non-magnetic mahogany. "Kami-ha-ha" – USS Kamehameha; humorous malapropism "King of Tomahawks" – USS John Young; probably after the ship's BGM-109 Tomahawk weapons system, or "The John Bone" humorous malapropisms "Shitty Kitty" – USS Kitty Hawk; humorous malapropism [24]
[6] [9] The name was described as a homage to Hooty McOwlface, an owl named through an "Adopt-a-Bird" programme in 2012 that became popular on the Internet. [10] Although Boaty McBoatface was the most popular suggestion in the #NameOurShip poll, the suggestion to use the name for the mothership was not followed. [11]
Last summer I shared with you my sudden conversion to becoming a Minnesota "lake person," thanks to a new pontoon in our family. I'm relieved to report that my husband and I are still married ...
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
Many novels and films about the Royal Navy feature fictional ships, but most use real names. This is a list of fictional names of note. Where real ship names are used fictionally, there is a link to the actual ships using that name.