Would it be commanded by Captain Peter Peachfuzz?
Admiral Rickover was once taken to task on his support for naming submarines after people instead of the traditional sea creatures. When criticized for breakingsaid tradition he retorted, “fish don’t vote”.
I got curious so I ran some figures.
The HMS Vengeance carries sixteen Trident II missiles. The British arm their Tridents with three warheads and their largest warhead has a 100 kiloton yield. So the Vengeance could launch a total yield of 4800 kilotons.
But what’s that mean? Here’s some perspective. During the entire course of WWII, the British and American air forces combined dropped a total of 1588 kilotons of explosives on Germany.
Of course that’s only if you’re using British warheads. A Trident II missile can be armed with up to eight warheads and the Americans use W88 warheads which have a 475 kiloton yield. Sixteen Trident II’s armed like that would have a total yield of 60,800 kilotons.
Bonus points if they get Adrian Edmondson to christian it.
Sultry female names only work for bombers.
OK, I just read this as USS Skull Fucker. :eek:
I wanna see a USS Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
I’m not holding my breath that there will ever be a USS Bill Clinton, but if there’s ever a USS George W. Bush, then I’ll drive an explosives-laden suicide boat into it.
I don’t think Murtha should have had a ship named after him. But, in case anyone is curious, here’s an alphabetical list of ship names:
Now that Murtha’s dead (which I somehow missed until this thread), go nuts.
However, a ballistic missle sub named the USS I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds would be cool.
Or you could just name it Shiva and save yourself a bunch of paint.
The Indians names their nuclear-armed ballistic missiles Agni, after the Hindu god of fire. That’s pretty cool.
I think we should use Culture names for our ships.
USN Bacillus anthracis would be pretty kick-ass!
The USS Agar. For actual ship names, you pretty much can’t beat HMS Belligerent, which did whatit said on the tin.
Failure of Continence
The USS Evening Out At The Opera, Followed Perhaps By A Few Cocktails doesn’t really strike fear into my heart.
USS Raging Hangover?
-Joe
“Admiral, the American ship is heading in our direction.”
“Evasive maneuvers, Ensign.”
“Sir, it’s the USS PBS Pledge Drive! We can’t evade it!”
They’re a British group. Perhaps HMS Boy George?