Originally posted by Mekt-Hakkikt
Oh well, never mind. And it may well be that a warship was called Wiesbaden, since there was/is a naming convention for warships (e.g. naming Destroyers after cities or Frigates after states).
Here in the US (I consider myself an American, despite the fact I live out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
), destroyers and frigates are named after famous personalites. This is the only combat ship naming convention that has survived since the 1800s. Battleships were named after states, and cruisers cities. Except after WWII with the decommisioning of the BBs the entire thing fell apart, with cruisers named after states, then cities. Submarines, who were named for various fish and sea creatures, bore the name
Simon Bolivar. And CVs...well, nobody was sure what to call them, they were originally named after famous ships, then battles, and now bear the names that submarines wore in the sixties (Stennis, Vinson, Reagan, etc.), while the "state" cruisers were retired and new ones called for battles were launched.
Now that I've finished ranting I will get a drink.