# 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:** 2
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/21 "2007-05-05T20:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Reepicheep] Eureka Maru (or simply the Maru) - Beka’s ship on _Andromeda_ [/QUOTE] Got it in one. ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/22 "2007-05-05T20:19:17Z")
USS Starfish – this is either _McHale’s Navy_ or _Hellcats of the Navy_ ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/23 "2007-05-05T20:20:06Z")
USS Abraham Lincoln - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Cavorite Sphere - The First Men in the Moon Fhlosten Paradise - The Fifth Element The Busted Flush - Travis MacGee series by John D. McDonald Gay Deceiver - The Number of the Beast ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/24 "2007-05-05T20:21:16Z")
Almost missed it: **The Rolling Stone** - Heinlein’s _Space Family Stone_, aka _The Rolling Stones_. Here’s a bonus question: What was the original name of **The Rolling Stone**? ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/25 "2007-05-05T20:23:23Z")
**Gay Deceiver** From the Heinlien novel “The cat who walked though walls” ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/26 "2007-05-05T20:24:16Z")
Still to go: Fin of God Immer Essen HIMS Executor Arabella USNC Iroquois Gone Fission Michael Guinevere One Tarantula HMS Atropos 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 SS Lady Anne USS Sulaco Valley Forge USS Grissom Asgard USS Kiwi CosmoStrator HMS Indomitable **Bosda’s picks:** Hispaniola Seaview Thunder Child I can’t believe somebody got USS Starfish: yes, **Reepicheep** , it’s from _Hellcats of the Navy._ ---
**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/27 "2007-05-05T20:27:28Z")
**USS Bozeman** as commanded by Dr. Frasier Crane in STNG ---
**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 5, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/28 "2007-05-05T20:33:12Z")
Thunder Child - War of the Worlds (specifically the Jeff Wayne version) Seaview - Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea INSS MacArthur - The Mote In God’s Eye HIMS Executor - Star Wars (Vader’s Super Star estroyer) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/29 "2007-05-05T20:34:36Z")
Michael - Starship. Can’t remember the name of it, but the story is the one where Earth is invaded by aliens with a herd instinct. HMS Atropos - Seagoing. From the Hornblower series. Nostromo - Starship, Aliens, I think. USS Stargazer - Starship, Jean-Luc Picard’s command prior to the Enterprise. Pequod - Seagoing; it’s the ship from Moby Dick, right? Kobayashi Maru - Fictional Starship. I don’t recall whether there was an actual Kobayashi Maru, but either way it’s a ship used in the Star Trek Universe to measure Academy student’s handling of a lose-lose situation. IAV Dortmunder - Ow. Because I know I know this… I just can’t remember. ☹ Columbiad - My head says “From the Earth to the Moon”, the Jules Verne one. If that’s right, starship. USS Bozeman - Starship, another one from Star Trek, but I can’t remember anything about it. The Moldy Crow - Annoingly familiar but I can’t remember. Aluminum Mallard - From the name, i’m guessing Star Wars parody, so i’ll guess starship. Blue Midget - Starship, Red Dwarf. Moya - Starship, Farscape. The Kite - Starship, Discworld. Asgard - Starship, Stargate SG-1 Heart of Gold - Starship, Hitchhiker’s Guide HMS Indominitable - Familiar, but I may be thinking of an actual ship rather than the fictional one. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/30 "2007-05-05T20:36:35Z")
Looking at other’s answers now… I can’t believe I didn’t get the Executor. :smack: ---
**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 5, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/31 "2007-05-05T20:43:49Z")
_Michael_ is from _Footfall_ _Atropos_ may be from _The Mote In God’s Eye_ USS _Bozeman_ is from Star Trek. ---
**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 5, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/32 "2007-05-05T20:48:23Z")
I’d like to offer up for consideration: Vrolijkheid Sea Tiger The SS Lady Anne is from an episode of Twilight Zone. USS Reluctant is from Mr. Roberts. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/33 "2007-05-05T20:49:47Z")
_Fhloston Paradise_ is a luxury starship from _The Fifth Element._ It’s also the name of a planet. ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/34 "2007-05-05T20:52:12Z")
Oh yeah, the USS Sulaco is the ship from _Aliens_ ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/35 "2007-05-05T20:59:06Z")
**The Weatherlight** ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/36 "2007-05-05T21:00:50Z")
Aluminum Mallard - starship. Built by Roger Wilco out of parts in a garbage scow in Space Quest 3. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/37 "2007-05-05T21:06:12Z")
Just to add a few: Lying Bastard Rodger Young Spindrift MCS Starcross ---
**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 5, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/38 "2007-05-05T21:10:01Z")
**Rodger Young** is from Heinlein’s **Starship Troopers** **Spindrift** is going to drive me nuts. I _know_ that one… ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/39 "2007-05-05T21:21:05Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Spindrift** is going to drive me nuts. I _know_ that one… [/QUOTE] _Land of the Giants_ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/40 "2007-05-05T21:30:45Z")
The _Gone Fission_ is from _The Simpsons_. Here’s my additions: The Proud Anselmo SS Ssssss The Big-Ass Spanish Boat (okay, this last one might be cheating) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=3)