need some specs on the vesuvious

There are many ship names we are unaware of. Also, though I'm not sure, the US Navy has a strict naming convention for subs carrying nuclear weapons, hence the renaming.

TC
 
Actually, I'd assume they'd establish the idea before actually renaming ships... They renamed the ship because they came up with a naming convention. They did not come up with a naming convention because they renamed the ship.

As far as we know, the Confederation has no specific naming conventions for any reason other than class, which does not change.

TC
 
Yes but there are some patterns that are evident. Of the three Concordia Class Carriers that I know of (Princeton, Lexington, and Concordia) they are all named after American Revolutionary War Battle Sites, priceton, NJ, Concord and Lexington, mass. Three Vesuvii are named after mt./volcano's. and apparently the Midway's are named after naval battles, but I am sure that all naming conventions shall and have been broken by the confederation
 
As I said, Confederation naming conventions are based on class. You can't change class, therefore they would not be renamed due to a naming convention.

TC
 
The key word is Concordia class carriers that *you* know about. Ark Royal, Armageddon, Bradshaw, Freedom, Hermes, Invincible, Kalamazoo, Kennedy, Kinney, Kursk, Leyte Gulf, Lincoln, Liberty, Moskva, Petrov, Saratoga, Verdun, Viking, Viper, Washington and Winterrowd do *not* follow your name-scheme.

(In fact, nor does 'Concordia', which means something along the lines of 'union'...)

The USS Texas is not a good example -- she was renamed San Marcos only because the new Texas was to come online months before she could be stricken from the record. This certainly is *not* the case with the Eisen.
 
Originally posted by TC
As I said, Confederation naming conventions are based on class. You can't change class, therefore they would not be renamed due to a naming convention.

TC
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With extensive enough modifications a ship can change classes. The Tarawa was originally going to be a transport but they modified it into an escort carrier. Sure they hadnt finished building it in the first place but it is built around a transport spaceframe.
 
The BWS Intrepid was heavily modified for the Border Worlds. They didnt change the class name but they could have.
 
The Intrepid didn't change class, since it has always been a light carrier. It was just built form the "scraps" of two destroyers.
 
taking two destroyers and making one carrier sounds like a heavy modification to me. That sounds like something that could have its own class designation.
 
Well, the Border Worlders have some technoligy for it somehow. Maybe Tolwyn wanted to know that, and got pissed off !!!

LOL
 
Originally posted by Napoleon
Yes but there are some patterns that are evident. Of the three Concordia Class Carriers that I know of (Princeton, Lexington, and Concordia) they are all named after American Revolutionary War Battle Sites, priceton, NJ, Concord and Lexington, mass. Three Vesuvii are named after mt./volcano's. and apparently the Midway's are named after naval battles, but I am sure that all naming conventions shall and have been broken by the confederation
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The ESSEX-class carriers of WWII were generally named for battles in history, but there were exceptions -- HANCOCK, FRANKLIN, BON HOMME RICHARD.

Hmmm...an otherwise established class naming scheme, excepted with names honoring people. Sounds...familiar. VESUVIUS, MOUNT ST. HELENS, McKINLEY...EISEN.
 
I stand corrected on the Concordia class ships, but I have shown that there is a possibility that a ship can be renamed and that it has happend in history. Rightnow I have the name of a british ship on the tip of my tounge, that was renamed right before going to jutland
 
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
But you've ignored a lot of what we've already pointed out.

Re: your numbered arguments.


We *do* know that the TCS Eisen carried more than one wing of fighters -- because immediately after transferring the Wolfpack to the Midway, she jumped *ahead* of us, into enemy held territory. This isn't the sort of maneuver you undertake after offloading your entire fighter complement.
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Huh, is that said in one of the briefings? I always thought that the Eisen returned to safe territory after having sent the Vampires to the Midway.
 
Originally posted by Meson
The Intrepid didn't change class, since it has always been a light carrier. It was just built form the "scraps" of two destroyers.
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It wasn't made of two destroyers...
 
Napoleon... Im not sure which ship your talking about (Black Prince perhaps?) but there have been other cases, and it's supposed to be really bad luck (hence the lack of its occurrence). Notable example: the Mary Celeste...
 
Earthworm is correct, the Intrepid is a *single* Durango class heavy destroyer (the TCS Delphi), scrapped by the Confederation and then converted into a carrier.
 
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