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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/15/2010 3:53:45 PM   
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I have a YorktownII. How do I change it's name?


You can only do it when it's still in Reinforcements queue. If it has already arrived, you cannot change name. Click "Ship Availability" (hotkey 7) and then you can rename CV by clicking it's name.


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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 3:20:26 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 3:22:04 PM   
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Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL



True, but it hasn't been christened yet. It's only a place holder. So your alright.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 3:41:29 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 4:59:21 PM   
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Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL


In that case, Allied players please rename ALL of your ships. You can make the game challenging for yourselves.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 5:59:37 PM   
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Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL


Back in wooden ship days, the RN and the French used to trade warships like lunch money, renaming their new toys with abandon. Nobody was more superstitious than the Royal Navy tar of that era, and I've never heard of any objections. More like an "in your face" feeling when they met the enemy the next time.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 7:18:49 PM   
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Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL


Back in wooden ship days, the RN and the French used to trade warships like lunch money, renaming their new toys with abandon. Nobody was more superstitious than the Royal Navy tar of that era, and I've never heard of any objections. More like an "in your face" feeling when they met the enemy the next time.

Ah a common trick was to translate its old name into the new language.So one can avoid the curse.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/16/2010 7:48:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58


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ORIGINAL: MilRevKo

Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL


Back in wooden ship days, the RN and the French used to trade warships like lunch money, renaming their new toys with abandon. Nobody was more superstitious than the Royal Navy tar of that era, and I've never heard of any objections. More like an "in your face" feeling when they met the enemy the next time.

Warspite1

I thought the RN used to keep the names, hence the following captured French ships serving with the RN ships at Trafalgar: Entreprenante, Tonnant, Belleisle (admittedly, her name was changed from the original Formidable, but only because the RN already had a Formidable - and she was given a French name) and Spartiate.



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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 2:10:04 AM   
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Renaming a ship is very bad luck...VBL


Back in wooden ship days, the RN and the French used to trade warships like lunch money, renaming their new toys with abandon. Nobody was more superstitious than the Royal Navy tar of that era, and I've never heard of any objections. More like an "in your face" feeling when they met the enemy the next time.

Warspite1

I thought the RN used to keep the names, hence the following captured French ships serving with the RN ships at Trafalgar: Entreprenante, Tonnant, Belleisle (admittedly, her name was changed from the original Formidable, but only because the RN already had a Formidable - and she was given a French name) and Spartiate.




I did some quick on-line research, and it looks as if the subject is more complex than I had thought. Much/most of the time it looks like the RN kept the original name, and often re-used the name decades later on a new ship, keeping the French spelling, accent marks, etc. In other cases, it re-named the ship to something similar, or that would be a proper English spelling. An example, I believe, is HMS Prothee, ex-Protée (French ships of the era did not have national ship prefixes from what I read. No USS or HMS IOW.) I found cases from centuries before where Spanish ships had their names changed wholesale by the English, possibly for religious reasons. Pirates also often changed names, but I don't think they're relevant.

I didn't look for examples of French practices, but one from US history that might be illustrative was the fine ship Bonhomme Richard (the first one; there have been several.) She was a former French Indiaman named Duc de Duras. Perhaps the superstition does not extent to former merchant vessels, but in that case I'd say the USA got a good deal. And the US Navy got its first fighting motto.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 6:58:52 AM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 2:10:48 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 4:05:10 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 5:03:32 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/17/2010 5:44:55 PM   
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Just don't name something the USS Artificial Reef.


Name it what you want, that is still what I'll turn it into.

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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/21/2010 4:52:02 AM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/21/2010 1:54:52 PM   
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RE: Renamed my first carrier! - 9/21/2010 5:04:24 PM   
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