# What to name a stealth boat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540 "2012-05-01T18:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/1 "2012-05-01T18:01:55Z")
[$195 million Sea Shadow stealth ship for sale, only $10,000 deposit required](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/195-million-sea-shadow-stealth-sub-sale-only-172525837.html) DARPA is putting up the [Sea Shadow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Shadow_(IX-529))for auction. Unfortunately the she will be scrapped before being given to the purchaser. ☹ While daydreaming about all the possible fun to be had with such a ship I suddenly realized I didn’t have a name for it! The best I could do was something like “Now you Sea Me.” So I turn to the brilliant mass that is the SDMB; what is the best name for a stealth ship? While we’re at it, what kind of voyages would you have? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/2 "2012-05-01T18:02:48Z")
Whisper. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/3 "2012-05-01T18:13:46Z")
" … " ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/4 "2012-05-01T19:14:59Z")
Name her _Scree_ because she’s going to be a pile of scrap by the time you get her! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/5 "2012-05-01T19:31:53Z")
Why name it? It won’t be able to come when you call. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/6 "2012-05-01T19:44:54Z")
I saw that thing come into port a few years ago. Really freaky looking in person. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/7 "2012-05-01T19:47:08Z")
“I could name me, but then I would have to kill you” would probably not fit on the registration forms. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/8 "2012-05-01T20:05:45Z")
Shhhhhip ---
**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 1, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/9 "2012-05-01T22:03:35Z")
_Das Sneakyboot_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/10 "2012-05-01T22:39:35Z")
[Fata Morgana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/11 "2012-05-02T04:04:36Z")
_The Spanish Inquisition_ ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/12 "2012-05-02T06:37:09Z")
^ yup, winner. ---
**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 2, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/13 "2012-05-02T06:48:20Z")
\*Mist Hole In the Ocean\* ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/14 "2012-05-02T14:47:33Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > _The Spanish Inquisition_ Huh, wouldn’t have expected that name to show up . . . ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/15 "2012-05-02T14:54:15Z")
I wonder why its being entirely scrapped? Just remove all weaponry, secret electronics, etc. Why dismantle the ship itself? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/16 "2012-05-02T14:56:14Z")
_ **HEY!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/17 "2012-05-02T15:01:59Z")
I was thinking something like \*\*\*Peek-a-Boo, Hide’n Seek, \*\*\*or even better _ **Blind Man’s Bluff.** _ ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/18 "2012-05-02T15:03:03Z")
Funny that the Navy spent $195 million on this-to find out that it was useless!But heck-we tossed away $538 million (on something called Solyndra), so it ain’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/19 "2012-05-02T15:08:24Z")
Swim Shady ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/20 "2012-05-02T15:14:39Z")
One of my many favorite lines from a movie comes from **Hunt for Red October** , where Jonesy says to make like a hole in the water, so similar to Der Trihs, I’d call it Hole in the Water [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540.md?page=2)