# 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:** 2
**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, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/21 "2012-05-02T15:15:45Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I wonder why its being entirely scrapped? Just remove all weaponry, secret electronics, etc. Why dismantle the ship itself? A part of what makes stealth vehicles stealthy is the way they are constructed. Plus, there aren’t exactly a lot of legal private-citizen uses for a stealth ship. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/22 "2012-05-02T16:02:23Z")
“You are invited to bid on a pile of scrap metal”? 😕 “We’re selling you a boat, but we’re going to destroy it before we give it to you”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/23 "2012-05-02T17:05:22Z")
I’d name it whatever they called it in _Tomorrow Never Dies_, but I’m having trouble tracking that down (I’m assuming they didn’t call it the Sea Shadow…). ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/24 "2012-05-02T17:41:28Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > A part of what makes stealth vehicles stealthy is the way they are constructed. Plus, there aren’t exactly a lot of legal private-citizen uses for a stealth ship. Pablo Escobar is _pissed_! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/25 "2012-05-02T17:51:29Z")
Finja Seamen in Black Schroedinger’s Catamaran Unspecific Princess ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/26 "2012-05-02T18:20:46Z")
Out of Sight You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet Duck’s Quack ---
**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 2, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/27 "2012-05-02T18:36:45Z")
_Boat? What Boat?_ ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/28 "2012-05-02T20:06:26Z")
Higgs Boatson I still have the feeling that the ship would have been quite visible from the air. Maybe they were depending on it’s small size? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/29 "2012-05-03T00:12:08Z")
Das Sneaky Boot ---
**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 3, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/30 "2012-05-03T00:18:45Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Das Sneaky Boot Observe post # 9, darnit!!:mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/31 "2012-05-03T01:26:59Z")
Phil. With a name like that, no one will ever suspect it’s a boat… thus increasing the stealth aspect. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/32 "2012-05-04T06:55:39Z")
Hidden Shadows ---
**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 4, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/33 "2012-05-04T08:28:00Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Observe post # 9, darnit!!:mad::mad: It was a stealth post. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/34 "2012-05-04T08:47:32Z")
How about “The Ugliest Piece Of Ship On The Ocean.” ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/35 "2012-05-05T01:22:59Z")
Jeff. I never see anyone named Jeff anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/36 "2012-05-05T01:58:36Z")
Sea Knot My Precious No Sea-um (…and yes, there are pills for that now.) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/37 "2012-05-05T03:55:56Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Observe post # 9, darnit!!:mad::mad: Didn’t see it. And oddly enough, but I almost didn’t post it because it wasn’t that funny. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/38 "2012-05-05T04:06:03Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > _Boat? What Boat?_ +1 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/39 "2012-05-05T04:20:55Z")
_NAS_ (insert cool name here) NAS standing for “Not A Ship”. ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540/40 "2012-05-05T12:12:34Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Didn’t see it. And oddly enough, but I almost didn’t post it because it wasn’t that funny. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-name-a-stealth-boat/620540.md?page=3)