Bad Starship Names

[hbquikcomjamesl]

USS Ceci n'est pas un vaisseau d'étoile from the Magritte class.

(I presume vaisseau interstellaire would be a better translation for 'interstellar vessel' but my French is a bit rusty).

not_a_pipe by James Lampert, on Flickr

I did a second version, this time with a large clear plastic bubble attached, with the caption changed to "ce n'est pas une pipe à bulles"

 

[Qonundrum]

Two award-losing stinkers might be:

USS Pyorrhea
USS Diarrhea

Amazing how different those are despite having similarly-spelled names...

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

USS Musk

 

[Nerys Myk]

USS Lower Shields

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Two award-losing stinkers might be:

USS Pyorrhea
USS Diarrhea

Amazing how different those are despite having similarly-spelled names...

Yes. Opposite ends of the digestive system.

USS Musk

Worse stench than the two previous stinkers combined.

 

[Qonundrum]

Yes. Opposite ends of the digestive system.

That's one way to look at it.

 

[Vanyel]

USS ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ -- C

 

[Toril Toran]

Saw this on Top Gear:

The Norwegian name for a speed bump

U.S.S. FARTHUMPER

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Saw this on Top Gear:

The Norwegian name for a speed bump

U.S.S. FARTHUMPER

Captain Chekov, she's yours.

 

[Vanyel]

USS BEETLE BAILY

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

USS Ivanka

 

[CuriousCaitian]

USS It's Behind You

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

USS Catgirl

 

[Vanyel]

USS Zsa Zsa Gabor
It's main weapon is a giant hand that comes out of the saucer and slaps the other ship.

 

[Toril Toran]

USS Zsa Zsa Gabor
It's main weapon is a giant hand that comes out of the saucer and slaps the other ship.

She’s a great housekeeper. Every time she gets a divorce, she keeps the house.


U.S.S. OnTheShitList

U.S.S. Junkheap
U.S.S. GarbageScow

U.S.S. I.P.Nightly

 

[Vanyel]

USS JINKIES
USS DANGER PRONE DAPHNE

 

[Toril Toran]

U.S.S. Dangerfield

They don’t get no respect

 

[FormerLurker]

USS DANGER PRONE DAPHNE

Thank you thank you thank you for getting this reference correct. I've been angry at James Gunn for almost 25 years.

 

[carcinoGeneticist]

USS WeRanOutOfStarshipNameIdeas

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

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