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This fanfiction article, UNSC Navy Ship Naming Protocol, was written by Spartan-091. Please do not edit this fiction without the writer's permission. |
United Nations ship naming conventions for the Space Corps Navy were established in 2521 by the United Earth Government's Assistant Secretary of the Navy Spiro T. Seamus. However, elements of the protocol had been in existence since before his time. If a ship is re-classified, for example, if a Destroyer is converted to a Troop Carrier, it retains its original name.
Post-Great War Naming Conventions[]
- Carriers (Super and Heavy) are named after provinces on Earth. (UNSC Colorado, UNSC Anjou, UNSC Shanxi, etc.)
- Carriers (Light) are named after predatory aquatic animals. (UNSC Hammerhead, UNSC Piranha, UNSC Barracuda, etc.)
- Battleships are named after famous historical wartime leaders. (UNSC DeGaulle, UNSC Leonidas, UNSC Tokugawa)
- Cruisers are named with powerful, judicial, and honorable adjectives. (UNSC Halcyon, UNSC Bastion, UNSC Adjudicator, etc.)
- Destroyers are named after famous aircraft and mythical warriors. (UNSC Devastator, UNSC Corsair, UNSC Herakles, etc.)
- Frigates are named after lines of famous poems or songs. (UNSC Ain't No Sunshine, UNSC Of Finite Hearts, UNSC Dust of Snow, etc.)
- Corvettes are named after different breeds of horses. (UNSC Quarterhorse, UNSC Lippizaner, UNSC Thoroughbred, etc.)
- Troop Carriers are named after famous planetary features. (UNSC Everest, UNSC Olympus Mons, UNSC Challenger Deep, etc.)
- Repair Ships are named in honor of famous architects. (UNSC Frank Lloyd Wright, UNSC Coleman Coker, UNSC Serge Chermayeff, etc.)
- Hospital Ships are named in honor of famous medical personnel. (UNSC Nightingale, UNSC Clara Barton, UNSC Louis Pasteur, etc.)
- Prowlers are named after infamous criminals or synonyms for fear. (UNSC Green River Killer, UNSC Phobos, UNSC Trepidation, etc.)