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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-08 02:41 PM
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Navy Vets: Let's get a list going of Nicknames of vessels.
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Now that nearly every vessel is named for a city or state, there seem to be fewer nicknames.
Here are some of the ones I know:

Kitty Hawk: Shitty Kitty, Battle Cat
Cubera: Cubby Bear
Cutlass: Cuteass
Lewis & Clark: Lost and Confused
Theodore Roosevelt: The Big Stick
JFK: Big John
Sea Robin: Bobbin' Robin
Bon Homme Richard: Bonnie Dick
Toledo: Toodleedoo
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