# 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:** 3
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/41 "2007-05-05T21:36:30Z")
Another one: **The Going Under The Water Safely Device** ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/42 "2007-05-05T21:46:02Z")
Ha! I just re-read **Jingo**. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/43 "2007-05-05T21:48:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Ha! I just re-read **Jingo**. šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] šŸ˜› ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/44 "2007-05-05T21:53:52Z")
[QUOTE=tanstaafl] Lying Bastard [/QUOTE] From the Ringworld books. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/45 "2007-05-05T21:59:05Z")
HMS Atropos is specifically from _Hornblower and the Atropos._ šŸ™‚ Is C-57D from _Forbidden Planet_? ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/46 "2007-05-05T22:03:35Z")
Time for hints: Fin of God Immer Essen (hint: Steve Martin) Arabella USNC Iroquois Guinevere One Tarantula (hint: operetta) Splendor Hyaline (hint: seven-book series) The Slippery Pig (hint: video game) R-XM (hint: was on MST3K) Icarus (hint: the Statue of Liberty) Boise USS Montana (hint: the Reds donā€™t have anything that fast) The Moldy Crow (hint: video game) The Betty (hint: Michael Wincott and Ron Perlman) USS Orlando (hint: itā€™s a submarine) Valley Forge (hint: Freeman Lowell) Asgard USS Kiwi CosmoStrator (hint: was on MST3K) HMS Indomitable (hint: the ship is sometimes called the Bellipotent because its editor was asleep at the switch) Bosdaā€™s picks: Hispaniola ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/47 "2007-05-05T22:06:41Z")
**USS Orlando** - Up Periscope! **USS Kiwi** - Wackiest Ship In The Army **Icarus** - Planet of the Apes **Valley Forge** - Silent Running There are still my additions as well: Vrolijkheid Sea Tiger ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/48 "2007-05-05T22:07:15Z")
Tarantula----Spacecraft, Proxima Military TTA Handbook Spacecraft 200-2100 The Betty----Spacecraft, ā€œPirate Shipā€ Alien Resurrection Hispaniola----Sailing Ship, Treasure Island ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/49 "2007-05-05T22:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Icarus (hint: the Statue of Liberty) [/QUOTE] :smack: Planet of the Apes! (Starship, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/50 "2007-05-05T22:11:26Z")
USS Montana----Submarine, The Abyss Valley Forge----Spacecraft, Silent Running ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/51 "2007-05-05T22:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Immer Essen [/QUOTE] The ship that accidentally sailed too close to an island, and whose passengers were being killed off in _Dead Men Donā€™t Wear Plaid_. Looking back, I see a hint. I didnā€™t need it. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/52 "2007-05-05T22:33:43Z")
**Valley Forge** is also one of the ships in the book Straship Troopers, along with the already identified Rodger Young. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/53 "2007-05-05T22:38:53Z")
Nitpick: _Minnow_ was a private vessel, not a U.S. Navy asset, so her designation was ā€œSS,ā€ not ā€œUSS.ā€ My contributions: Castle Wulfenbach _Not For Hire_ _Sleuth_ ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/54 "2007-05-05T22:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Castle Wulfenbach [/QUOTE] Itā€™s the airship from Girl Genius. Not just a name, eitherā€¦itā€™s really a flying castle. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/55 "2007-05-05T22:43:29Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Not just a name, eitherā€¦itā€™s really a flying castle. [/QUOTE] Which is why I wasnā€™t sure whether to italicize it. ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/56 "2007-05-05T22:56:37Z")
For your further trivia pleasure, check out [Name That Fictional Fiction.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8541367#post8541367) šŸ˜‰ ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/57 "2007-05-05T23:12:31Z")
Not For Hire - The Fabulous Riverboat ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/58 "2007-05-05T23:17:58Z")
Arabella - Captain Peter Bloodā€™s ship. ---
**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 5, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/59 "2007-05-05T23:50:56Z")
Cosmostrator - _First Spaceship on Venu_s (1962) RX-M is from _Rocketship X-M_ My contribution is the _Karnak_ ---
**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 6, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/60 "2007-05-06T00:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Rodger Young** is from Heinleinā€™s **Starship Troopers** **Spindrift** is going to drive me nuts. I _know_ that oneā€¦ [/QUOTE] \*Spindrift \*is cheating. It wasnā€™t a starship, just a sub-orbital airliner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=4)