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