# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/221 "2007-05-10T20:06:14Z")
Ah - I see. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/222 "2007-05-10T20:24:03Z")
Since **Qadgop** doesn’t seem to be showing his tentacles, I’ll point out that both the **Dauntless** and the **Velan** are ships featured in E. E. Smith’s **Lensman** series, specifically _Second Stage Lensman_. (I recently re-purchased and re-read the whole series.) ---
**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 10, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/223 "2007-05-10T21:57:46Z")
And nobody has guessed at the last 3 I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/224 "2007-05-10T22:01:07Z")
Stretching the premise just a little bit: **Priscilla**. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/225 "2007-05-11T01:18:20Z")
The Pathfinder is haunting me, because I should know it. Erg. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/226 "2007-05-11T01:39:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] And nobody has guessed at the last 3 I posted. [/QUOTE] Was the USS Flagg from GI Joe (like I said in post #190)? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/227 "2007-05-11T02:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Still extant are my _Louisa_ and my _QEII_ questions. [/QUOTE] The Louisa is the German ship that is sunk by Bogie and Hepburn in _The African Queen._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/228 "2007-05-11T11:54:03Z")
I was just checking in to reveal my answers, when **Colibri** I.D.'d the _Louisa_. Last chance on the _QEII_-being-attacked-ineffectually question… Bueller? Bueller? Bosda? 😃 ---
**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 11, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/229 "2007-05-11T20:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] Was the USS Flagg from GI Joe (like I said in post #190)? [/QUOTE] Yes. What _type_ of vessel? Joe small watercraft, Naval vessel or space shuttle? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/230 "2007-05-11T22:52:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yes. What _type_ of vessel? Joe small watercraft, Naval vessel or space shuttle? 😛 [/QUOTE] Aircraft carrier IIRC ---
**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 12, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/231 "2007-05-12T02:08:07Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Aircraft carrier IIRC [/QUOTE] Correct! Now, how bout– USS Jane Blue Fire ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/232 "2007-05-12T02:23:24Z")
The USS Jane also was from GI Joe, a frigate - type vessel. ---
**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 12, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/233 "2007-05-12T10:50:41Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] The USS Jane also was from GI Joe, a frigate - type vessel. [/QUOTE] Half right. half wrong. Not saying which is which. Anybody wanna take a stab at a 100% right answer? ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/234 "2007-05-12T15:03:43Z")
A while back I offered the **Munequita** but no one has tried to ID it. I’m sure you’re all in suspense, so let me reveal that it was a speedboat aquired by Travis McGee in the adventure novels by John D. MacDonald. Now, can anybody figure out the **Ringmaster**? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/235 "2007-05-12T20:49:07Z")
[QUOTE=Clark K] Now, can anybody figure out the **Ringmaster**? [/QUOTE] Starship in the novel _Titan_, by John Varley ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/236 "2007-05-12T21:05:25Z")
Spotted a couple of unanswered ones, I think _Rhabwar_ is the ambulance ship in James White’s “Sector General” series. (Named after a famous Tralthan medic, IIRC). _Z9M9Z_ is the Grand Fleet’s command-and-control ship in the “Lensman” series. _Anastasia_ was the personal vessel of Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/237 "2007-05-12T21:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Steve Wright] _Rhabwar_ is the ambulance ship in James White’s “Sector General” series. (Named after a famous Tralthan medic, IIRC). [/QUOTE] Right ! ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/238 "2007-05-12T22:38:49Z")
Some pretty obscure ones: _Green Carnation_ _Death or Glory_ _Chorazin_ _Oenone_ _Alice Liddel_ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/239 "2007-05-12T23:01:14Z")
[QUOTE=Steve Wright] _Anastasia_ was the personal vessel of Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future. [/QUOTE] Ayup. Wish I could find those strips online, as the art samples I’ve seen from it look fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/240 "2007-05-12T23:17:11Z")
The Moon Dragon was purchased by Tip He was captain of it on it’s vergin voyage to the Moon Thenna(pure magic) was woven into the sales Sol took the wheel after Tip left and had many adventures afterward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=13)