# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 224
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4462 "2020-12-03T14:57:45Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > _Titanic_ wasn’t an HMS (His Majesty’s Ship, a warship) but an RMS (Royal Mail Ship, a civilian vessel). Perhaps she might reappear when we reach “T.” Yeah, I muffed that one and got mixed up on what thread we were in. Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_, Captain Ahab’s ship ---
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No worries. Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_, Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_, Blackbeard’s pirate ship ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4464 "2020-12-04T02:38:24Z")
No worries. Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_, Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_, Blackbeard’s pirate ship "Rudy Giuliani "- Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4465 "2020-12-04T02:43:02Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship "Rudy Giuliani "- Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_, USS, seven different US Navy ships ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4466 "2020-12-04T04:48:21Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship "Rudy Giuliani "- Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_, RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4467 "2020-12-04T09:17:51Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship "Rudy Giuliani "- Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_, RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 “U-21”, first U-boat sinking a ship ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4468 "2020-12-04T12:58:26Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship "Rudy Giuliani "- Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 “U-21”, first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4469 "2020-12-04T14:56:20Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_, first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_, USS - _Virginia_-class fast attack submarine And at least a dozen other ships of that name, including four during the American Revolution and a WW2 battleship. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4470 "2020-12-04T15:35:39Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_ , first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_ , USS - _Virginia_ -class fast attack submarine _X-6_, British midget submarine - attacked KMS Turpitz ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4471 "2020-12-04T15:41:14Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_ , first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_ , USS - _Virginia_ -class fast attack submarine _X-6_ , British midget submarine - attacked KMS Turpitz _Yamato_ - flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during World War II. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4472 "2020-12-04T16:49:52Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_ , first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_ , USS - _Virginia_ -class fast attack submarine _X-6_ , British midget submarine - attacked KMS Turpitz _Yamato_ - flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during World War II. _Zinnia_, RMS - WWI minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy Next - Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4473 "2020-12-04T17:32:28Z")
Next - Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing e.g., Bouncing Boy of the Legion of Superheroes; Roundhouse of the New Titans ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4474 "2020-12-04T17:38:49Z")
Next - Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Manipulating cold temperatures, as well as snow and ice. Exemplified by Iceman of the X-Men, among others. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4475 "2020-12-05T02:38:54Z")
Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_, first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_, USS - _Virginia_-class fast attack submarine “Xpedition” - Celebrity Cruise Line vessel ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4476 "2020-12-05T17:58:20Z")
Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Dimunition see “Pym particles” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4477 "2020-12-06T03:43:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:4476, topic:846920, full:true”] Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Dimunition Exorcism ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4478 "2020-12-06T03:45:43Z")
Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Dimunition Exorcism Flight ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4479 "2020-12-06T15:32:22Z")
Super powers and unusual abilities Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Dimunition Exorcism Flight Gravity control ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4480 "2020-12-06T16:36:32Z")
Y’all remember the alphabet has 26 letters, right? **Notable ships, real or fictional, and a no more than five-word description** _Abraham Lincoln_ , USS - warship from _20,000 Leagues_ _Benthic Explorer_ - drilling platform from _The Abyss_ _Carl Vinson_ , USS - US Navy _Nimitz_ -class supercarrier _Daedalus_ , Battlecruiser from Stargate _Enterprise_ , USS Naval aircraft carrier _Flying Dutchman_ , Legendary ship with Wagnerian fame _Great Kraken_ , from GRRM’s _Game of Thrones_ _Henrietta_ , steamer from _Around the World_ … _Iowa,_ USS, battleship _Jubilant_ , HMS, torpedoed in 1942 _Kootenai_ , D class Canadian destroyer _Lusitania_ , RMS, passenger liner sunk in WWI _Mary Celeste_ , mysteriously abandoned sailing ship _Nahant_ , USS, an American Civil War ironclad _Oneida_ , Hearst yacht - Ince murder scandal _Pequod_ , Captain Ahab’s ship _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ , Blackbeard’s pirate ship _Rudy Giuliani_ - Garbage scow abandoned off Nantucket _Saratoga_ , USS, seven different US Navy ships _Titanic_ , RMS - sunk by iceberg, 1912 _U-21_ , first U-boat sinking a ship _Victoria_ - Magellan’s ship, first to circumnavigate the world _Washington_ , USS - _Virginia_ -class fast attack submarine _Xpedition_ - Celebrity Cruise Line vessel _Yarnall_, USS - WW2 _Fletcher_-class destroyer **Super powers and unusual abilities** Airbending Bouncing Cryokinesis Dimunition Exorcism Flight Gravity control Horror-inducing ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4481 "2020-12-06T18:31:50Z")
Yes. Ships ended at 4471 with the Zinnia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=225)