Nicknames

Come on they named an entire class after flowers...

Oh and let us not forget HMS Dainty...

Or the worringly name HMS Decoy, how many people did they have clamouring to not serve on that one...
:lol:

Nick
 
Well, to offer an on-topic post :wink:, I'll contribute that the nickname of "Wisky" for the USS Wisconsin was attached after she came out from major repairs after a collision with the destroyer USS Eaton (DDE-510) in a heavy fog in 1956.

"A novel expedient speeded her repairs and enabled the ship to carry out her scheduled midshipman training cruise that summer. A 120-ton, 68- foot long section of the bow of the uncompleted battleship Kentucky was transported by barge, in one section, from New Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Newport News, Va., across Hampton Roads to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Working round-the clock, Wisconsin's ship's force and shipyard personnel completed the operation which grafted the new bow on the old battleship in a mere 16 days. On 28 Jun. 1956, the ship was ready for sea."

So, if you combine the name Wisconsin with Kentucky, you get (sound of drum roll) ... "Wisky" :wink:
 
Well i started my fleet yesterday. :D

USS Yorktown (I) (Yorktown class carrier)
USS Enterprise (Yorktown class carrier)
USS Missouri (Iowa Class Battleship)
USS San Fransico (New Orleans class cruiser)
USS Salt lake city (Pensacola class cruiser)

This were all ships listed in VAS I could find in the store, I'll probably buy another USS Salt Lake Citty for the USS Pensacola & one or more USS San Fransisco's to represent other New-Orleans class vessels.

In may the store will stock up on Light cruisers, Destroyers, Sub's and mercant vessels. So i'll have to wait a bit to get some of those.... :wink:
 
BuShips said:
Well, to offer an on-topic post :wink:, I'll contribute that the nickname of "Wisky" for the USS Wisconsin was attached after she came out from major repairs after a collision with the destroyer USS Eaton (DDE-510) in a heavy fog in 1956.

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So, if you combine the name Wisconsin with Kentucky, you get (sound of drum roll) ... "Wisky" :wink:
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So did it have a nickname before that ?
 
For british ships named after places I've tourned the HMS Newcastle, pretty cool sounding name...of course, I've also toured the HMS Superb... :lol:

Chern
 
juggler69uk said:
BuShips said:
Well, to offer an on-topic post :wink:, I'll contribute that the nickname of "Wisky" for the USS Wisconsin was attached after she came out from major repairs after a collision with the destroyer USS Eaton (DDE-510) in a heavy fog in 1956.

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So, if you combine the name Wisconsin with Kentucky, you get (sound of drum roll) ... "Wisky" :wink:
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So did it have a nickname before that ?
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Now this is strange. I did a bit of searching and it seems that it was called that in WW2! Go figure :shock:.
 
Some RN nicknames

Duke of York - "The Grand Old Duke"
Hood - "Mighty 'ood"
Queen Elizabeth - "Queen Bess"
Renown - "HMS Refit"
Repulse - "HMS Repair"
Resolution - "Ressy"
Argus - "The Ditty Box"
Furious - "Spurious"
Illustrious - "The Big I"
Sheffield - "Shiny Sheff"
Orion - "Old Iron"
Penelope - "HMS Pepperpot"
Scylla - "The Toothless Terror"
Shropshire - "Shroppy"
HMAS Waterhen - "The Chook"
HMAS VAmpire - "The Old Bat"
 
King Edward VII class (8 ships in all) - 'The wobbly eight' - couldn't hold a straight course.

Apparently Warspite was the old lady due to a signal from Admiral Cunningham - 'Well done, when the old lady lifts her skirts, she can run'.

USS New Jersey - "Big Jay"
 
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