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Thu Feb-18-10 11:53 AM
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| -Navy Vets: Let's get a list going of Nicknames of vessels. |
MookieWilson |
Dec-01-08 01:41 PM |
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USS Pensacola |
tinymontgomery |
Dec-01-08 01:57 PM |
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Never heard that one. What's the origin? |
MookieWilson |
Dec-01-08 01:58 PM |
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Hull #38, LSD type |
tinymontgomery |
Dec-01-08 02:02 PM |
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I remember those at Little Creek Amphib Base...Thanks! |
MookieWilson |
Dec-01-08 02:03 PM |
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USS Gato SSN615 |
lepus |
Jan-20-10 12:06 AM |
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I've got a nice, shiney GATO 615 plaque on my wall. I should have gotten that one! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-10-10 01:20 PM |
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5 years and a lot of underways. NT |
lepus |
Nov-25-10 12:58 AM |
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Ships nick names |
jetphixer |
Dec-01-08 02:09 PM |
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LOVE "The Other Bug". Never heard that one! |
MookieWilson |
Dec-01-08 02:14 PM |
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Yes! The Forest Fire. |
tango-tee |
Feb-13-10 04:11 AM |
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A friend of mine was flying off FORESTAL at the time of the fire. |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-17-10 09:43 PM |
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"Old Ironsides" USS Constitution. (1797 to present) nt |
fiziwig |
Dec-01-08 02:13 PM |
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The Big E - USS Enterprise n/t |
sarge43 |
Dec-01-08 02:58 PM |
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Heh, we called it the Big Pig - NT |
shinyhead |
Aug-09-11 08:56 PM |
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USS Merrill: USS ME_ _ ill |
Arctic Dave |
Dec-01-08 02:59 PM |
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USS Peleliu and Tarawa |
TellTheTruth82 |
Dec-02-08 06:53 AM |
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Tarawa was Decomissioned |
Independent_Thinker |
Dec-14-08 10:20 PM |
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ahhh...Building 5 |
Jack Bone |
Feb-06-09 12:40 PM |
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Oh, yeah a whole 'nother genre of knicknames: Building... |
MookieWilson |
Dec-02-08 07:43 AM |
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Mount Witney |
tinymontgomery |
Dec-02-08 09:44 AM |
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I remember it tied to the pier in Norfolk with moss growing on the North side. nt |
MookieWilson |
Dec-02-08 12:18 PM |
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Norfolk? I always thought it was a neat looking ship. What's the West Coast one? |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-06-09 03:07 PM |
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Late reply |
tinymontgomery |
Feb-16-09 07:04 AM |
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I did not know that about the gold anchor. Thanks! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-16-09 11:04 PM |
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Aka Mount Witless |
Thothmes |
Aug-04-09 07:02 AM |
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Oh, that one's good! A natural! |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-20-09 05:20 PM |
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Belleau Wood LHA-3 |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-29-08 07:17 AM |
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I know the CONSTELLATION as the CONSTERNATION. nt |
MookieWilson |
Jan-14-09 08:35 AM |
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I was onboard the Connie in '88 for a big fire... To me she's the USS Conflagration! n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Mar-02-10 11:15 AM |
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Juneau and Prairie |
TellTheTruth82 |
Jan-06-09 07:00 AM |
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Wasn't VULCAN the first "LOVE BOAT"? |
MookieWilson |
Jan-14-09 08:36 AM |
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USS Orion AS-18 I know there is one but I don't remember, |
NavyDavy |
Jan-22-09 01:56 PM |
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I was on The USS New Jersey |
Jack Bone |
Feb-06-09 12:46 PM |
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I spoke recently with a sailor that was on the USS New Jersey |
Glassunion |
Oct-28-10 09:07 AM |
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USS James C. Owens, (DD776) and USS Mahan, (DLG11) |
bluescribbler |
Feb-14-09 02:50 PM |
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Harry Yarnell. "Happy Harry." nt |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-16-09 11:04 PM |
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aka the Harry Urinal |
Thothmes |
Aug-04-09 07:03 AM |
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Oh I'd NOT heard that one - great stuff! |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-07-09 08:01 AM |
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two i was on : USS Missouri was "Mighty Mo" and the USS |
jonnyblitz |
Feb-28-09 06:27 AM |
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I remember when they painted LA SALLE! It was at Little Creek, I think. Yes! |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-09 05:26 PM |
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aka Moby Dick |
Thothmes |
Aug-04-09 07:04 AM |
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Tin Can Sailor |
eirteacher |
Mar-09-09 10:05 PM |
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USS Simon Lake - The Slimely Snake. nt |
Captain Hilts |
May-03-09 05:48 PM |
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There were many of the old Essex class carriers on Yankee Station |
MGB67 |
May-18-09 11:16 AM |
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Scout response #5. 'Queerbarge' was also called that during Korea. |
Captain Hilts |
May-20-09 01:27 PM |
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USS Cowpens (CG-63) |
bsd13 |
May-18-09 12:17 PM |
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I had not heard that one in a while. COWPENs is at fleet week NYC this week, I believe. nt |
Captain Hilts |
May-20-09 01:23 PM |
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Tecumseh - Tea Cup. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-31-09 08:04 AM |
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Here are a few |
Thothmes |
Aug-04-09 06:59 AM |
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Aug-18-09 10:08 PM |
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Here is another one |
Thothmes |
Aug-04-09 02:42 PM |
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Another |
Thothmes |
Aug-09-09 07:10 PM |
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ARL 18 USS Pandemus |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-18-09 11:34 PM |
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It MUST have been called 'pandemic' at some point. You could see the frame twisting inside the hold |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-20-09 05:20 PM |
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USS Luzerne County (LST 902) = "benjo maru" Japanese for "shit ship" |
UTUSN |
Aug-23-09 10:06 AM |
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Oh, man. I heard you could see the hull twisting while at sea inside the tank deck of those... |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-23-09 04:34 PM |
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That RUST on MY bucket was NEVER there when *I* was a Deck Ape!1 n/t |
UTUSN |
Aug-23-09 09:17 PM |
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What's with the one ship being painted OD? Did the Army have LSTs too? nt |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-23-09 10:25 PM |
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Luzerne County 902 |
Greg2 |
Oct-11-11 03:28 AM |
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USS Hancock CVA-19 |
The River |
Nov-03-09 09:04 PM |
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Heres a couple from the mordern navy |
Jeramy |
Nov-10-09 06:36 AM |
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I'd forgotten 'Mobile Chernobyl'!!! The 'joke' in Norfolk was that if you |
Captain Hilts |
Nov-14-09 07:24 AM |
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Lewis & Clark |
igfoth |
Feb-18-10 11:53 AM |
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LOVE it! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-18-10 10:29 PM |
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More Nicknames |
igfoth |
Feb-18-10 12:02 PM |
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My favorite was always Puget Sound: Pubic Mound. eom |
Hello_Kitty |
Feb-27-10 10:11 PM |
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NEVER heard THAT one!!! Terrific, Kitty! |
Captain Hilts |
Feb-28-10 08:09 PM |
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USS Tulare (LKA112) Tu-Tu or the Big T |
MindPilot |
Jun-03-10 10:28 AM |
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Didn't know this one! My folks lived barely a mile from the main gate at Little Creek. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jun-06-10 10:06 PM |
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USS Becuna (SS-319), called the Becky B, now a museum boat in Philly |
Submariner |
Jun-28-10 11:22 PM |
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USS Pandemus, ARL15 |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-18-10 09:29 PM |
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Some more |
FromNY |
Oct-27-10 06:13 PM |
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Benjamin Stoddard |
FromNY |
Oct-27-10 09:31 PM |
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The person who started this thread is a friend of mine . . . . . |
Stinky The Clown |
Nov-04-10 07:06 PM |
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Norton Sound - the Snortin' Norton,,, |
haele |
Mar-06-11 09:04 PM |
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USS Blue Ridge |
MADem |
Nov-18-11 03:54 AM |
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