# 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:** 5
**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 6, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/81 "2007-05-06T13:54:27Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I thought the USS Abraham Lincoln was Pinkerton’s ship in the opera “Madama Butterfly.” [/QUOTE] The USS Abraham Lincoln was the frigate that Professor Aronnax left Brooklyn on to kill the supposed animal that had been disrupting shipping, only to find out later that it was in fact the Nautilus which was the culprit. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/82 "2007-05-06T14:40:49Z")
Nobody going for the USCGC Eagle? (Clue - see an entirely separate threat that appeared today!) How about a group of three together: the **Yokohama** , the **Bahrain** , and the **Buenos Aires**? ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/83 "2007-05-06T15:10:48Z")
The various **Skylarks** - E. E. Smith **USCGC Eagle** - S. M. Sterling’s \*\*Islands \*\* trilogy **Snoopy** - Lander for Apollo 10 **Boise** - E. E. Smith’s **Lensman** series, thundering through space with its inertialess drive! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/84 "2007-05-06T15:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] The USS Abraham Lincoln was the frigate that Professor Aronnax left Brooklyn on to kill the supposed animal that had been disrupting shipping, only to find out later that it was in fact the Nautilus which was the culprit. [/QUOTE] Well, turns out we’re BOTH right. The Abraham Lincoln WAS Pinkerton’s ship in “Madama Butterfly.” [http://www.music.indiana.edu/publicity/opera/2006-2007season/internal/butterfly/synopsis.html](http://www.music.indiana.edu/publicity/opera/2006-2007season/internal/butterfly/synopsis.html) ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/85 "2007-05-06T15:32:48Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Snoopy** - Lander for Apollo 10 [/QUOTE] Moonlanding deniers? Otherwise I’m pretty sure the Apollo 10 lander was a real ship ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/86 "2007-05-06T15:41:30Z")
I deny that Apollo 10 landed on the moon. And there is a [USCGC Eagle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)). I went down to New London and had a tour a few weeks ago. ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/87 "2007-05-06T15:41:40Z")
**HMS Indomitable** - Melville’s Billy Budd (needed the clue) **Naglfar** - The ship of the giants in Norse mythology A hint for my choice ( **Vrolijkheid** ): If you got the **Sea Tiger** , you’re closer than you think, you filthy beast. ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/88 "2007-05-06T16:44:30Z")
Skylark–e.e. doc smith’s _Family D’Alembert_ series, starship New York–_Cities In Flight_, starship **and** The City Of New York Eagle–Apollo 11 & _Space:1999_, Starship Snoopy–Apollo spacecraft, Orbiter ---
**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 6, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/89 "2007-05-06T16:50:12Z")
Just to toss in a couple more: **Fearless** and **Nike** **Dahak** ---
**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 6, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/90 "2007-05-06T17:03:52Z")
A very random one… The _Arcus Prima_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/91 "2007-05-06T17:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=MarcusF] How about a group of three together: the **Yokohama** , the **Bahrain** , and the **Buenos Aires**? [/QUOTE] Those are the 3 starships that the colonists used to get to Pern in _Dragonsdawn_. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/92 "2007-05-06T18:13:47Z")
The Epoch - Time traveling ship from _Chrono Trigger_ ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/93 "2007-05-06T18:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \* **JayJay** : > 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? The Cherub (one of Carlotti Motors’ Angel series). Sorry - I cheated and dug out the book 😃 . Haven’t read it in years - I might skim through it again for old times sake. Very soothing! ---
**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 6, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/94 "2007-05-06T20:01:29Z")
Here’s mine: Arctic Warrior The Louisa USS Cygnus USS Reuben James\* U-96\*\* Special question: in which movie does the _QEII_ (playing herself) come under a particularly ineffective attack? (The real QEII is shown in an earlier establishing shot, but for the actual attack scene, I’m pretty sure they just used some soundstage trickery!) - A real ship, who played herself, with the assistance of a similar vessel, whose real name is partially visible in one shot. The basic question is to name the movie, but a trivia nut would also hunt down the name of the second ship used to play the _Reuben James_. \*\* A real boat and the inspiration for a movie, which I don’t think ever mentioned the boat by that name or any other – so this is one where you name the movie and the boat’s movie name, if it had one. ---
**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 6, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/95 "2007-05-06T20:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Teacher [/QUOTE] Flinx’s ship from the Flinx series. [QUOTE=silenus] **Fearless** and **Nike** [/quote] Two of Honor Harrington’s ships. [QUOTE=silenus] **Dahak** [/QUOTE] The Moon. Yes, it’s a ship. Some from me : **Sideways Traveller** **The Cloak of Untrammeled Dignity** **Krashnark** : Bonus points if you get what the name references. **Swampscott** “the oddness that was the **Swampscott** ” **Sea Sprite** **Qin Shihuangdi** **Rhabwar** **The Cornucopia of Goods at Excellent Prices** ---
**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 6, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/96 "2007-05-06T21:10:27Z")
**Trihs** , we **have** to get together sometime and talk SF! **The Cornucopia of Goods at Excellent Prices** - Haviland Tuf’s original ship in G.R.R. Martin’s **Tuf Voyaging** **Swampscott** - From Bunch & Cole’s **Sten** series, specifically **Fleet of the Damned.** ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/97 "2007-05-06T21:24:23Z")
Since no one else seems to have got mine- or put them in any list- I’ll post them again with some hints: The Proud Anselmo (hint: online cartoon) SS Ssssss (hint: cartoon) The Big-Ass Spanish Boat (like I said, this might be cheating. This came from a newspaper article which was plagarized from a humor website. Does anyone else remember this controversy?) And some new ones: Corvair Leakin’ Lena Venture (two possible answers- one is a tribute to the other) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/98 "2007-05-06T21:48:49Z")
Venture: ship in King Kong (also makes a cameo in Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow) Brian ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/99 "2007-05-06T22:40:02Z")
OK, then, make that _two_ tributes. ---
**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 6, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/100 "2007-05-06T22:40:31Z")
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