The ship is feminine

[sojourner]

"I'm givin 'er all she's got!"

 

[Shawnster]

In TNG's "Arsenal of Freedom" Riker told the image of Captain Paul Rice that Riker was from the USS Lollipop. He then said "she's a good ship."

 

[Star Wolf]

US/British tradition is to refer to ships in the feminine (which makes me uncomfortable when the ship has a man's name, like the USS Ronald Reagan).

I believe Russian tradition is to refer to ships in the masculine.

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Either that or the Western/NATO standard became to use he so command crews would never be confused. She=friend, he=foe. I think Tom Clancy gave an explanation in The Hunt for Red October or Red Storm Rising, but its been decades since I've read them.

 

[nx1701g]

^ I do seem to recall something like that mentioned in the book too.

 

[Deckerd]

I wonder if Klingons regard their ships as feminine?

 

[matthunter]

I wonder if Klingons regard their ships as feminine?

Given the amount of damage both a BoP and an enraged Klingon female can do, probably.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I wonder if Klingons regard their ships as feminine?

Nah, they refer to their ships as transsexuals.

 

[V]

many navies refer to ships as feminine, specifically the United States and British navies.

However, this is not universal: ships are masculine in Russian.

 

[GNDN]

McCoy in Encounter at Farpoint:

"This is a new ship, boy, but she's got the right name...
You treat her like a lady. She'll always bring you home..."

 

[GNDN]

McCoy in Encounter at Farpoint:

"This is a new ship, boy, but she's got the right name...
You treat her like a lady. She'll always bring you home..."

 

[Forbin]

Wha'd ya say?

 

[GNDN]

"How can you be deaf with ear's like that?"

McCoy quotes, always appropriate...

 

[sidious618]

The reason they're called "she" probably has to do with the fact that sailors were uncomfortable calling something they love a "she."

 

[Amaris]

I've always referred to all means of conveyance as she.


J.