Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang/Unit nicknames

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Many ships and units of the United States Navy have nicknames; these nicknames are listed here. All other Navy slang is listed in Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang.

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  • Big Bad John: Nickname for the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56).
  • Big and Slow: Nickname for the USS Bigelow (DD-942).
  • Big E: Nickname for the USS Enterprise (CV-6), which won 24 battle stars during World War II, also known as the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy. (Actually, the most decorated ship is the USS Parche (SSN-683), receiving a total of nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Citations, and thirteen Navy Expeditionary Medal awards during her thirty years of service.)
  • Big Gray Hate Maker: Term of endearment for the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).
  • Big John: Nickname for the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
  • Big SICK: civilian nickname for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) see also Tears & Rainbows
  • Big Stick: Nickname for the USS Iowa (BB-61), crew's nickname for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
  • Bird: Nickname for the USS Surfbird (ADG-383).
  • Block-o-wood: Nickname for the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3).
  • Black Oil: Navy Standard Fuel Oil (NSFO)
  • BMFH: Big Mother F*****n Hammer
  • Bonny Dick: Nickname for the USS Bon Homme Richard (LHD-6)
  • Bubble Head: A Submariner
  • Busy Bee: Nickname for the USS Boxer (CV-21)

"B" Girls: USS Barbell SSN-580, USS Bonefish SSN-581 and USS Blueback SSN-582

  • Broke-lahoma Shitty: Nickname for USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) for the amount of equipment she has broken at any given time.
  • Building 5: nickname for the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), for the amount of time she spent in port at while in Long Beach, CA.

USS Brewton FF 1086.... Bubba Bee

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  • Chicken of the Sea, play on official slogon: Eagle of the Sea for USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
  • Crazy Pollack: Crew nickname for USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633)
  • CellBlock 68: Crew nickname for USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
  • Chuckie V: (CVN70) Crew nickname for USS Carl Vinson

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  • Danger Ranger: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61

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  • FID: First In Defense: Nickname for the USS Forrestal (CV59).
  • Fighting I: Nickname for the USS Intrepid (CV-11), now a museum ship in New York Harbor.

*FIGHTIN FIVE N DIME : Crews' nickname for the USS EATON DD/DDE 510

  • Fighting Cock: Nickname for USS Saratoga CV-60
  • Freddy NHPV: USS Wichita AOR-1
  • Forest Fire: Nickname for the USS Forrestal (CV59)

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  • Gray Eagle NHKG: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61
  • Glitter Kilo NIBP: USS Guadalupe AO-32

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Iron Gator - Uss Essex LHD-2

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  • John Sore Penis: Nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis after it makes a port call in Australia and closes down all of the local brothels.
  • Jolly Rogers: Crews nickname given to the Spruance class destroyer USS John Rodgers
  • Jack of the Dust: The cook in charge of the galley storerooms.

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  • Latex Glove: Crews nickname given to the AEGIS cruiser USS Leyte Gulf
  • Love Boat: Crews nickname given to the "USS McKee AS-41" submarine tender
  • Love Muscle: Crews nickname given to the Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Russell
  • Lone Ranger: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61

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  • Magnificent Seven: Term of endearment for the USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
  • Midway Magic: Nickname for USS Midway CV-41, now a museum in San Diego

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  • Peter Rabbit: Nickname for the USS Paul Revere (APA/LPA-248)
  • Pubic Mound: Crews nickname given to the destroyer tender USS Puget Sound
  • Phrog: CH-46 Sea Knight
  • PI: Phillipine Islands (notably Subic Bay Naval Base)

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  • Queer Barge: Nickname for the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
  • Queer Barge: USS Kearsarge CV/CVA/CVS-33

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  • Rough Rider: Official call sign for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

S

  • "S" Girls: USS Skate SSN-578, USS Swordfish SSN-579, USS Sargo SSN-583, and USS Seadragon SSN-584
  • “San Jack” or “Flagship of the Texas Navy”: CVL San Jacinto.
  • Sand Dog: San Diego
  • Shit River: Olongapo River dividing Olongapo City and the Subic Bay Naval Base
  • Skimmer: A target for a submarine.
  • Skivvy Waver: Signalman (SM)
  • Stew Burner: Commissaryman (CS)
  • Stinkin' Lincoln: Crews nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
  • Shitty Kitty: Crews nickname given to CV-63, USS Kittyhawk.

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  • Tears & Rainbows: Army nickname after COVID-19 panic USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
  • TI: Naval Station Treasure Island
  • Tip of the Sword: Nickname for USS Midway (homeported in Yokosuka, Japan)
  • Tommy the Tug, or Tommy the Tugboat, the crew's nickname for the USS Thomas S. Gates, after she towed a disabled ship in to port while operating in the Carribean.
  • Turd Chaser: Shipfitter (SF)
  • Turd Chaser: Hull Maintenance Technician (HT)

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  • Willy-B, Willy B: Nickname for the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
  • Wicked Witch of the West: USS Wichita AOR-1

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