# Name that fictional ship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914 "2007-05-05T19:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/1 "2007-05-05T19:33:19Z")
As long as I’m stuck at work with [name that book](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8540883#post8540883) going on, I’ll throw in this as well: name that ship! Below is a list of ships— both seafaring and spacefaring — from movies, books, comics, television, and … well, from all over the place. Can you name what piece of fiction the ship is associated with? For a bonus, is it a seagoing vessel or a starship? Fin of God Immer Essen HIMS Executor USS Abraham Lincoln Arabella USNC Iroquois Gone Fission Cavorite Sphere Michael Guinevere One Fhlosten Paradise Tarantula HMS Atropos USS Starfish Nostromo Bistromath USS Stargazer Splendor Hyaline Alexei Leonov Pequod USS Reluctant Kobayashi Maru The Slippery Pig INSS MacArthur IAV Dortmunder R-XM Icarus Vingilot Columbiad Boise USS Montana USS Bozeman C-57D Liberator The Moldy Crow Aluminum Mallard The Betty USS Orlando Discovery 1 Blue Midget Moya The Kite Busted Flush SS Lady Anne USS Sulaco USS Palomino Valley Forge SS Botany Bay USS Grissom Asgard Heart of Gold USS Kiwi CosmoStrator USS Minnow HMS Indominitable ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/2 "2007-05-05T19:41:46Z")
Nostromo–_Alien_/starship USS Stargazer–_STNG_, Picard’s first command. starship USS Grissom–starship Heart of Gold–starship USS Minnow–watercraft \ ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/3 "2007-05-05T19:43:20Z")
Hey, they can’t all be hard! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/4 "2007-05-05T19:44:27Z")
USS Grissom – _CSI: Neptune_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/5 "2007-05-05T19:44:48Z")
USS Palomino–starship _The Black Hole_ Cavorite Sphere–starship, Victorian era, name of novel escapes me. SS Botany Bay–starship, _ST:OS_, exile ship of Khan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/6 "2007-05-05T19:45:54Z")
Kobayashi Maru–_Star Trek : Wrath Of Khan_–simulated vessel only. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/7 "2007-05-05T19:49:59Z")
Pequod - Moby Dick. Seaship. Also the name of the Outsiders transport in the DC universe. Kobayashi Maru - Star Trek. Starship. I don’t think it exists outside the KM test. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/8 "2007-05-05T19:51:18Z")
Bistromath - One of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books Alexei Leonov - 2010 C-57D - Forbidden Planet Liberator - Blake’s 7 Heart of Gold - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/9 "2007-05-05T19:52:24Z")
I would like to **add** to the list– [ol] [li] Hispaniola[/li][li]Yamato[/li][li]SDF Macross[/li][li]Seaview[/li][li]Rolling Stone[/li][li]Thunder Child[/li][/ol] Note–one of these is a trick question. Can you spot it, & reveal the trick? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/10 "2007-05-05T19:55:50Z")
Yamato - This is the trick. It’s both a real warship from the Japanese navy, circa WWII, and a fictional starship built around the remains of the real ship in Space Battleship Yamato. And, as a further twist, I believe there is a starship, probably Galaxy Class, in the Star Trek universe by the same name. SDF Macross - From Macross/Robotech. Starship. Although it also has two standard aircraft carriers attached. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/11 "2007-05-05T19:56:04Z")
Missed some other obvious ones IAV Dortmunder - Firefly Discovery 1 - 2001 Moya - Farscape ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/12 "2007-05-05T19:58:36Z")
**Vingilot** - Lord of the Rings. Earendil’s ship in which he sailed to Valinor to beg the Valar for help against Morgoth. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/13 "2007-05-05T20:01:04Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] I would like to **add** to the list– [ol] [li] Hispaniola[/li][li]Yamato[/li][li]SDF Macross[/li][li]Seaview[/li][li]Rolling Stone[/li][li]Thunder Child[/li][/ol] Note–one of these is a trick question. Can you spot it, & reveal the trick? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Tengu] Yamato - This is the trick. It’s both a real warship from the Japanese navy, circa WWII, and a fictional starship built around the remains of the real ship in Space Battleship Yamato. And, as a further twist, I believe there is a starship, probably Galaxy Class, in the Star Trek universe by the same name. SDF Macross - From Macross/Robotech. Starship. Although it also has two standard aircraft carriers attached. [/QUOTE] **Very** good! Can anybody name the others? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/14 "2007-05-05T20:03:08Z")
And add to the list: Gay Deceiver White Star Helva ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/15 "2007-05-05T20:04:24Z")
I think there is a ship called Indomitable in the Aubrey-Maturin books. Is that what you were going for? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/16 "2007-05-05T20:06:55Z")
Still remaining: Fin of God Immer Essen HIMS Executor USS Abraham Lincoln Arabella USNC Iroquois Gone Fission Cavorite Sphere Michael Guinevere One Fhlosten Paradise Tarantula HMS Atropos USS Starfish Splendor Hyaline USS Reluctant The Slippery Pig INSS MacArthur R-XM Icarus Columbiad Boise USS Montana USS Bozeman The Moldy Crow Aluminum Mallard The Betty USS Orlando Blue Midget The Kite Busted Flush SS Lady Anne USS Sulaco Valley Forge USS Grissom Asgard USS Kiwi CosmoStrator HMS Indomitable **Bosda’s picks:** Hispaniola SDF Macross Seaview Rolling Stone Thunder Child **jayjay’s picks** Gay Deceiver White Star Helva Yes, the USS Grissom is indeed a spaceship; no, it isn’t from CSI: Neptune. 🙂 And the Cavorite Sphere is indeed a Victorian-era spacecraft, but whose? And does the Aubrey-Maturin “Indomitable” predate 1891? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/17 "2007-05-05T20:07:47Z")
Helva - _The Ship Who Sang_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/18 "2007-05-05T20:11:57Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Still remaining: SDF Macross [/QUOTE] I got that one, in the same post I got the Yamato. And, I’ll add a couple… Celsius (there’s a bit of a rule bend in this one, but if you know it, that shouldn’t be a problem). Eureka Maru (or simply the Maru) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/19 "2007-05-05T20:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] White Star [/QUOTE] Ack, I can’t believe I missed this one. Starship, Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/20 "2007-05-05T20:15:01Z")
Eureka Maru (or simply the Maru) - Beka’s ship on _Andromeda_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=2)