* 1943 – The, the first U. S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

This ship was originally named the USS Kearsarge, but was renamed in honor of the previous Hornet CV-8 ( famous for the Doolittle raid ), which was lost in October 1942.

USS Allioth ( AK-109 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the star.

In Gylfaginning, Snorri relates that Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, named Hringhorni, and that there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik.

The ship on which Charles Darwin made the voyage which provided much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill-fated British Martian lander Beagle 2.

USS Crux ( AK-115 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the constellation.

USS Cetus ( AK-77 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the constellation.

* USS Cygnus ( AF-23 ), a former cargo ship of the United States Navy, is named after the constellation.

USS Caelum ( AK-106 ) was a United States Navy ship named after the constellation.

The depression is named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872 – 1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

The Royal Navy named a King George V-class battleship after Beatty, but this ship was renamed HMS Howe before completion, as another battleship of the same class, intended to be named after Jellicoe, was renamed HMS Anson.

King Street is named after a man named John King who settled there in the late 18th century and started a ship building business.

The capitão refused to recognize his title of Nuncio, asked Pereira to resign from his title of ambassador, named a new crew for the ship and demanded the gifts for the Chinese Emperor be left in Malacca.

In 1849, the French captured a slave ship and released the passengers at the mouth of the Komo ; The slaves named their settlement Libreville, French for " free town ".

Not knowing how the ship works, Jason then contacts an avid Galaxy Quest fan named Brandon in his suburban home on Earth, using a Vox communicator that he accidentally swapped at a promotional store opening.

The islands were not officially named until Captain Charles J. Johnston of the Royal Naval ship sighted them on December 14, 1807.

Among other things, the ship of the line Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( launched in 1795 ) was named after the philosopher.

Alexander appeared on Star Trek: Voyager on the episode " Think Tank " playing a genius alien named Kurros who was trying to get Seven of Nine to serve on his ship.

The Death of Klinghoffer ( 1991 ): The opera's story begins with the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists and details the murder of a passenger named Leon Klinghoffer, a retired, physically disabled American Jew.

A replica of the Gokstad ship, named Viking was sailed across the Atlantic to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893

USS Lyra ( AK-101 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the constellation.

Three US Naval ships have been named after this battle, including the USS Lake Champlain ( CV-39 ), the USS Lake Champlain ( CG-57 ), and a cargo ship used during World War I.

In Spies, Snafu leaks classified information a little at a time until the Axis enemies piece it together, ambush his transport ship, and literally blow him to hell.

Besides the camel-pullers the caravan would also include a xiansheng ( 先生, literally, " Sir ", " Mister ") ( typically, an older man with a long experience as a camel-puller, now playing the role of a general manager ), one or two cooks, and the caravan master, whose authority over the caravan and its people was as absolute as that of a captain on a ship.

Each week one contestant was scheduled to quite literally " walk the plank " after being voted off the ship by TV viewers.

To seal off Kotor in windless conditions, residents along the shore literally pulled the ship in windless conditions with ropes.

Due to the Western powers ' declared neutrality, the Americans refused to release the ship, but once neutrality was lifted, the imperial faction obtained the vessel and employed it in engagements in Hakodate under the name Kōtetsu ( literally " Ironclad ").

Brainiac's ship fired three lasers that pummeled the surrounding crust around Kandor and literally upheaved the city from Krypton's surface.

In French, the term is Aux postes de combat (" to combat stations "), and used to be branle-bas de combat, literally meaning that sleeping hammocks should be cleared off the gun deck, rolled, and stowed on the upper deck of the ship as protection against musket fire.

These geysers would literally lift a ship out of the water and severely damage the ship's infrastructure.

Concentrating all of the Pinpoint Barrier's energy into the tip of the Daedalus ship, the SDF-1 is able to penetrate the Zentraedi Destroyer by literally punching into it.

Brainiac's ship fired three lasers that pummeled the surrounding crust around Kandor and literally upheaved the city from Krypton's surface.

In many languages, such as Chinese, Finnish and Japanese the word mother ship refers to an aircraft carrier ; see 母艦 ( literally " mother " + " warship ").

Upon arrival, they find the planet still intact, but seemingly vacant with everyone having literally disappeared at the same time as the incident on their ship.

The largest islet, Formigão ( or literally " large / enormous ant "), reaches 11 m. Generally, the islets are useful for navigation and visible up to 19 km away on clear days, but during intemperate weather a ship can run aground without even seeing the lighthouse.

After enlisting Admiral Yobo in their quest to stop Ing, the three take Admiral Yobo's ship and, via hyperspace, literally park it above Ing's head, forcing him to a humiliating surrender.

Sador's huge ship carries a weapon called a " Stellar Converter ", which literally turns planets into small suns.

The position, however, is not filled anymore on most German ships ; his work has usually been taken over by the Schiffsbetriebsmeister ( literally: master of ship operations ).

By the time Charlie literally drags ship owner Mrs. Carruthers across the dance floor, the boys aren't sure if they will find true love or need to abandon ship.

The name Skutvik ( a ) literally means "( the ) ship cove ".

When a ship tied up at port there was no need to continue to feed the fire and the iron engines would literally cool down, eventually going completely cold – hence the term " cold ironing ".

A shipmate is literally a mate on one's own ship ( i. e., a member of the same ship ).