Help me name/classify my ship!

[seadude]

Ok, it looks like mostly everybody is suggesting a US name. But I really don't think a battle name or a person/President name would be appropriate. I'm trying to think of something that would inspire awe or fear when seen by enemies. Or some sort of name related to cold, ice, snow, Arctic, etc., etc., etc.  Boreas is good, but I'm trying to think of others also. The names "Leviathan" and "Behemoth" are too cliche.

[Green Dragon]

HMS or USS Revenge or Vengeance?

Paul Harrison

[Logan Hartke]

Ok, it looks like mostly everybody is suggesting a US name. But I really don't think a battle name or a person/President name would be appropriate. I'm trying to think of something that would inspire awe or fear when seen by enemies. Or some sort of name related to cold, ice, snow, Arctic, etc., etc., etc.  Boreas is good, but I'm trying to think of others also. The names "Leviathan" and "Behemoth" are too cliche.

Well, another option is USS Neptune.  It fits the British love of mythological ship names, has a history in both the US Navy and Royal Navy, inspires fear and reverence for any sailor, is better-known than Boreas, and--though less than Boreas--is also associated with cold and ice due to the planet.  Furthermore, while there had been 4 ships previously named Neptune in US Navy service and 9 ships previously named Neptune in Royal Navy service, the name was free in BOTH navies by 1942.

Cheers,

Logan

[Cliffy B]

If you like Greek Mythology better than Roman (darn copy cats!) then you have the option of USS Poseidon as well as USS Neptune.  Either of which are VERY fitting for this ship.  I say go with one of those two.

[Logan Hartke]

It's unlikely the ship would have been launched before June 1944 and by that time the name was already taken.

Cheers,

Logan

[Talos]

Name wise, there have been some good names suggested already.  I'll suggest a British style name, to go with the mixed origins of the vessel.  Invincible, Indomitable & Indefatigable would suit such a behemoth (another possible name).  None of these names were given to a RN vessel during WWII & I don't think any except Invincible (a WWI freighter) ever went to a US vessel.  Otherwise, some of the mythical names would work too.

HMS Indomitable was the last Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1940. HMS Indefatigable was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942. Invincible was open until the V/STOL carrier was commissioned.

[Thorvic]

erm USS Habakkuk possibly ?

G

[jcf]

Another suggestion:

USS Roanoke - An English venture, realized in North America that disappeared in three years.  This has the nice historical reference, is a place (which fits US carrier naming conventions), and has that tongue-in-cheek nature that some British ship names have.

Cheers,

Logan

Well, then Croatoan would be even more appropriate.

[jcf]

USS Kelvinator*.  



* The Kelvinator refrigerator brand was named after William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin ... the Kelvin scale, absolute zero and all that.

[Mossie]

HMS Indomitable was the last Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1940. HMS Indefatigable was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942. Invincible was open until the V/STOL carrier was commissioned.

You know what?  Checked my sources & I still managed to get it wrong! 

[Scooterman]

erm USS Habakkuk possibly ?

G

My vote.  Best of both worlds.

[seadude]

For the moment, I'm temporarily going with the name of USS Pyke, in honor of Geoffrey Pyke, the inventor of the Habakkuk. When this model project is finished in a month, I may switch to good old fashioned name of USS Habakkuk.

[sequoiaranger]

A usually denoted "Auxiliary" or "Attack". Thus "AVB" would be a GIANT attack carrier that is an "auxiliary". Hmm.

I like "Atlantis" (maybe Atlant-Ice!).

[GeorgeC]

Try HMS/USS Thule after the mythical island of the North.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule

[sequoiaranger]

I'll jump on!

The Habakkuk is truly an "Ice Land"!