question: Why do Ship Names Always Start With a Bunch of Letters? e.g. USS Misway
comment: Those letters identify the berth of the ship. USS is United States Ship, HMS is Her Majesty's Ship, etc, etc. Wikipedia has a fairly exhaustive list of them here; URL_0
passages: BULLET::::- RFA "Fernleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Ferol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fidget"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Austin"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Beauharnois"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Charlotte"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Constantine"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Dunvegan"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Duquesne"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort George"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Grange"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Langley"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Rosalie"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Sandusky"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fort Victoria"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Fortol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Francol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshbrook"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshburn"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshener"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshet"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshford"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshlake"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshmere"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshpond"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshpool"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshtarn"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshwater"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Freshwell"
  
  Section::::G.
   BULLET::::- Mine countermeasures ships (MCM) have "mostly" legacy names of previous U.S. Navy ships, especially WWII-era minesweepers.
  
  BULLET::::- Patrol boats (PC) have names based on weather phenomena.
   BULLET::::- RFA "Cedarol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Celerol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Chattenden"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cherryleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "City of Oxford"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Crenella"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Creosol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cyclone"
  
  Section::::D.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Danmark"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dapper"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Darkdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Delphinula"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Demeter"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Denbydale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Derwentdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dewdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Diligence"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dingledale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dinsdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Discovery I"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Discovery II"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dispenser"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Distol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dockleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Dredgol"
  
  Section::::E.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eaglesdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Earner"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Easedale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Ebonol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Echodale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddybay"
   BULLET::::- RFA "British Star"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Brown Ranger"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Broomdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Burma"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bustler"
  
  Section::::C.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C8"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C10"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C11"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C85"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C614"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C615"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C616"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C617"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C619"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C620"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C621"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C623"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C624"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C625"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C633"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C641"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C642"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C647"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C648"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "C653"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cairndale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Califol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Canning"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cardigan Bay"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Carol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cautious"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Cederdale"
   BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Percivale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Tristram"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Slavol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sobo"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sokoto"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Somersby"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sotol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spa"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spabeck"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spabrook"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spaburn"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spalake"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Spapool"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sparkler"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sprucol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Steadfast"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Stromness"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Succour"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sunhill"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Surf Patrol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Surf Pilot"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Surf Pioneer"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Swin"
  
  Section::::T.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Tarakol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Tarbatness"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Teakol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Texol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Thermol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Thistle"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Thornol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Thrush"
   BULLET::::- RFA "Attendant"
  
  Section::::B.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bacchus"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Barkol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Battersol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bayleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bayol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Beechleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Belgol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Berbice"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Berta"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Birchleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Birchol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bishopdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bison"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Blackol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Black Ranger"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Black Rover"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Blackstone"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Blue Ranger"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Blue Rover"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Boardale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Bornol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Boxleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Boxol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Brambleleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Briarleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "British Beacon"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "British Lantern"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "British Lady"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "British Light"
   BULLET::::- RFA "War Nizam"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "War Pathan"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "War Pindari"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "War Sepoy"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "War Sirdar"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "War Sudra"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Warden"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Baron"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Chief"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Commander"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Conqueror"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Duke"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Emperor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Governor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave King"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Knight"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Laird"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Liberator"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Master"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Monarch"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Premier"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Prince"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Protector"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Regent"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Wave Ruler"
   BULLET::::- RFA "Salviking"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salvage Duke"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salvalour"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salventure"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salvestor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salvictor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salvigil"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Salviola"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Samsonia"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Santa Margherita"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Saucy"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Saxol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Scotol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Scottish American"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sea Centurion"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sea Chieftain"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sea Crusader"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sea Salvor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Seafox"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Serbol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Servitor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Silverol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Bedivere"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Caradoc"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Galahad"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Geraint"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Lamorak"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Sir Lancelot"
   BULLET::::- RFA "Eddybeach"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddycliff"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddycove"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddycreek"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddyfirth"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddymull"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddyness"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddyreef"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eddyrock"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Elderol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Elmleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Elmol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Ace"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Clyde"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Demon"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Fred"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Gull"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Netta"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Plane"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Rita"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Rosa"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Salvage"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Empire Zona"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Encore"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Enforcer"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Engadine"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Ennerdale"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Envoy"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Eppingdale"
  
  Section::::F.
   BULLET::::- RFA "Oakol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Ocean Salvor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olalla"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olbury"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olcades"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oleander"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oleary"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oleaster"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oletta"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olga"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oligarch"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olinda"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oliphant"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olivet"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oliver"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olmeda"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olmos"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olna"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olwen"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olympia"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Olynthus"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Orangeleaf"
  
  Section::::P.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Palmleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Palmol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Pearleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Persol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Perthshire"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Petrella"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Petrobus"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Petroleum"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Petrelia"
   BULLET::::- "K12"
  
  BULLET::::- "K13"
  
  BULLET::::- "K14"
  
  BULLET::::- "K15"
  
  BULLET::::- "K16"
  
  BULLET::::- "K17"
  
  BULLET::::- "K18"
  
  BULLET::::- "K19"
  
  BULLET::::- "K20"
  
  BULLET::::- "K21"
  
  BULLET::::- "K22"
  
  BULLET::::- "K23"
  
  BULLET::::- "K24"
  
  BULLET::::- "K25"
  
  BULLET::::- "K26"
  
  BULLET::::- "K27"
  
  BULLET::::- "K28"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kale"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kalgoorlie"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kandahar"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kangaroo"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kaniere"
  
  BULLET::::- "Karanja"
  
  BULLET::::- "Karrakatta"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kashmir"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katherine Bark"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katherine Breton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katherine Fortileza"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katherine Galley"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katherine"
  
  BULLET::::- "Katoomba"
  
  BULLET::::- "Keats"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kedleston"
  
  BULLET::::- "Keith"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kellett"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kellington"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kelly"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kelvin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kemerton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kempenfelt"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kempthorne"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kempton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kendal"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kenilworth Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kennet"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kennington"
  
  BULLET::::- "Kent"
   BULLET::::- "E25"
  
  BULLET::::- "E26"
  
  BULLET::::- "E27"
  
  BULLET::::- "E28"
  
  BULLET::::- "E29"
  
  BULLET::::- "E30"
  
  BULLET::::- "E31"
  
  BULLET::::- "E32"
  
  BULLET::::- "E33"
  
  BULLET::::- "E34"
  
  BULLET::::- "E35"
  
  BULLET::::- "E36"
  
  BULLET::::- "E37"
  
  BULLET::::- "E38"
  
  BULLET::::- "E39"
  
  BULLET::::- "E40"
  
  BULLET::::- "E41"
  
  BULLET::::- "E42"
  
  BULLET::::- "E43"
  
  BULLET::::- "E44"
  
  BULLET::::- "E45"
  
  BULLET::::- "E46"
  
  BULLET::::- "E47"
  
  BULLET::::- "E48"
  
  BULLET::::- "E49"
  
  BULLET::::- "E50"
  
  BULLET::::- "E51"
  
  BULLET::::- "E52"
  
  BULLET::::- "E53"
  
  BULLET::::- "E54"
  
  BULLET::::- "E55"
  
  BULLET::::- "E56"
  
  BULLET::::- "E57"
  
  BULLET::::- "E58"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eagle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eagle Shallop"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eaglet"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl of Chatham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl of Denbigh"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl of Egmont"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl of Northampton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl of Peterborough"
  
  BULLET::::- "Earl Roberts"
   BULLET::::- "P29"
  
  BULLET::::- "P30"
  
  BULLET::::- "P31"
  
  BULLET::::- "P32"
  
  BULLET::::- "P33"
  
  BULLET::::- "P34"
  
  BULLET::::- "P35"
  
  BULLET::::- "P36"
  
  BULLET::::- "P37"
  
  BULLET::::- "P38"
  
  BULLET::::- "P39"
  
  BULLET::::- "P40"
  
  BULLET::::- "P41"
  
  BULLET::::- "P45"
  
  BULLET::::- "P46"
  
  BULLET::::- "P47"
  
  BULLET::::- "P48"
  
  BULLET::::- "P49"
  
  BULLET::::- "P50"
  
  BULLET::::- "P52"
  
  BULLET::::- "P53"
  
  BULLET::::- "P54"
  
  BULLET::::- "P57"
  
  BULLET::::- "P58"
  
  BULLET::::- "P59"
  
  BULLET::::- "P64"
  
  BULLET::::- "P222"
  
  BULLET::::- "P311"
  
  BULLET::::- "P411"
  
  BULLET::::- "P412"
  
  BULLET::::- "P413"
  
  BULLET::::- "P511"
  
  BULLET::::- "P512"
  
  BULLET::::- "P514"
  
  BULLET::::- "P551"
  
  BULLET::::- "P552"
  
  BULLET::::- "P553"
  
  BULLET::::- "P554"
  
  BULLET::::- "P555"
  
  BULLET::::- "P556"
  
  BULLET::::- "P611"
  
  BULLET::::- "P612"
  
  BULLET::::- "P614"
  
  BULLET::::- "P615"
  
  BULLET::::- "P711"
  
  BULLET::::- "P712"
  
  BULLET::::- "P714"
  
  BULLET::::- "Pacific"
  
  BULLET::::- "Packahunta"
  
  BULLET::::- "Packington"
   BULLET::::- "Gnat"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goathland"
  
  BULLET::::- "Godavari"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goderich"
  
  BULLET::::- "Godetia"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goelan"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gold Coast"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Falcon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Fleece"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Hind"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Horse"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Lion"
  
  BULLET::::- "Golden Rose"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goldfinch"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goliath"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gomati"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gondwana"
  
  BULLET::::- "Good Fortune"
  
  BULLET::::- "Good Hope"
  
  BULLET::::- "Good Intent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Good Will"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goodall"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goodson"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goodwin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goodwood"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goole"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goose Bay"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gordon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gore"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goree"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gorey Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gorgon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gorleston"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goshawk"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gosport"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gossamer"
  
  BULLET::::- "Goulburn"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gould"
  
  BULLET::::- "Gozo"
  
  BULLET::::- "Grace Dieu"
  
  BULLET::::- "Grace of God"
  
  BULLET::::- "Grace"
   BULLET::::- RFA "King Salvor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Kurumba"
  
  Section::::L.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Larchol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Largs Bay"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Laurelleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Limeleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Limol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Limpet"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Lucia"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Lucigen"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Lyme Bay"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Lyness"
  
  Section::::M.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Maine"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mapleleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mariner"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mediator"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Melita"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mercedes"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Messenger"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mixol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mollusc"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Montenol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Mounts Bay"
  
  Section::::N.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Nasprite"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Nigeria"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Nimble"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Nora"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Northmark"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Nucula"
  
  Section::::O.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Oakleaf"
   BULLET::::- "Ettrick"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eugenie"
  
  BULLET::::- "Euphrates"
  
  BULLET::::- "Euphrosyne"
  
  BULLET::::- "Europa"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eurotas"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eurus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Euryalus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eurydice"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eustatia"
  
  BULLET::::- "Evadne"
  
  BULLET::::- "Evenlode"
  
  BULLET::::- "Everingham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Example"
  
  BULLET::::- "Excalibur"
  
  BULLET::::- "Excellent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exchange"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exe"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exerton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exeter"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exmoor"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exmouth"
  
  BULLET::::- "Expedition"
  
  BULLET::::- "Experiment"
  
  BULLET::::- "Exploit"
  
  BULLET::::- "Explorer"
  
  BULLET::::- "Explosion"
  
  BULLET::::- "Express"
  
  BULLET::::- "Extravagant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eyderen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Eyebright"
  
  Section::::F.
  
  BULLET::::- "F1"
  
  BULLET::::- "F2"
  
  BULLET::::- "F3"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fagons"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fair Rhodian"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fair Rosamond"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fairfax"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fairfield"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fairy Queen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fairy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Faith"
  
  BULLET::::- "Faithful"
  
  BULLET::::- "Fal"
  
  BULLET::::- "Falcon Flyboat"
  
  BULLET::::- "Falcon in the Fetterlock"
   BULLET::::- "Achates"
  
  BULLET::::- "Acheron"
  
  BULLET::::- "Achille"
  
  BULLET::::- "Achilles"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aconite"
  
  BULLET::::- "Acorn"
  
  BULLET::::- "Actaeon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Acteon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Actif"
  
  BULLET::::- "Active"
  
  BULLET::::- "Activity"
  
  BULLET::::- "Acute"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adam & Eve"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adamant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adamant II"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adda"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adder"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adelaide"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adept"
  
  BULLET::::- "Admirable"
  
  BULLET::::- "Admiral Devries"
  
  BULLET::::- "Admiral Farragut"
  
  BULLET::::- "Admiralty"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adonis"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adroit"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adur"
  
  BULLET::::- "Advance"
  
  BULLET::::- "Advantage"
  
  BULLET::::- "Advantagia"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adventure"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adventure Galley"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adventure Prize"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adversary"
  
  BULLET::::- "Advice"
  
  BULLET::::- "Advice Prize"
  
  BULLET::::- "Adviser"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aeneas"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aeolus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aetna"
  
  BULLET::::- "Affleck"
  
  BULLET::::- "Affray"
  
  BULLET::::- "Africa"
  
  BULLET::::- "Africaine"
  
  BULLET::::- "Afridi"
  
  BULLET::::- "Afrikander"
  
  BULLET::::- "Agamemnon"
   BULLET::::- "Hartland Point"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hartland"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hartlepool"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harvester"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harwich"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hastings"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hasty"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hatherleigh"
  
  BULLET::::- "Haughty"
  
  BULLET::::- "Havannah"
  
  BULLET::::- "Havant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Havelock"
  
  BULLET::::- "Haversham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Havick"
  
  BULLET::::- "Havock"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hawea"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hawk"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hawke"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hawkins"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hawthorn"
  
  BULLET::::- "Haydon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hayling"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hazard Prize"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hazard"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hazardous"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hazleton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heart of Oak"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heartsease"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hearty"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heather"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hebe"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hecate"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hecla"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hector"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hedingham Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heir Apparent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helder"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helderenberg"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heldin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helena"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helford"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helicon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Heliotrope"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helmsdale"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helmsley Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Helverson"
   Ship-naming policies varied between the CSM companies. Many had entirely English names, but "Akri Hill" (built in 1924) referred to the family's Greek background. "Argos Hill" sounds half-Greek but is in fact a hill in Mayfield, East Sussex, England. All Tower Steamship Co. ship names began with ""Tower"", such as "Tower Bridge" and "Tower Field". "Michael E" and "Marietta E" (see below) were Kulukundis family names.
  
  Section::::CSM's Second World War fleet.
   BULLET::::- RFA "Petronel"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Philol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Plumleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Polavon"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Polgowan"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Polmont"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Polshannon"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Prestol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Prince Salvor"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Princetown"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Prosperous"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Purfol"
  
  Section::::R.
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Racer"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Rangol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Rapidol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Red Dragon"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Regent"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Reindeer"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Reliance"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Reliant"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Resource"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Resurgent"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Retainer"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Reward"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Rippledyke"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Robert Dundas"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Robert Middleton"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Roseleaf"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Rowenol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Rumol"
  
  BULLET::::- RFA "Ruthenia"
  
  Section::::S.
   BULLET::::- "Unseen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Unshaken"
  
  BULLET::::- "Unsparing"
  
  BULLET::::- "Unswerving"
  
  BULLET::::- "Untamed"
  
  BULLET::::- "Untiring"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upas"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upholder"
  
  BULLET::::- "Uppingham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upright"
  
  BULLET::::- "Uproar"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upshot"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upstart"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Upward"
  
  BULLET::::- "Urania"
  
  BULLET::::- "Uranie"
  
  BULLET::::- "Urchin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Ure"
  
  BULLET::::- "Uredd"
  
  BULLET::::- "Urge"
  
  BULLET::::- "Urgent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Ursa"
  
  BULLET::::- "Ursula"
  
  BULLET::::- "Urtica"
  
  BULLET::::- "Usk"
  
  BULLET::::- "Usurper"
  
  BULLET::::- "Uther"
  
  BULLET::::- "Utile"
  
  BULLET::::- "Utmost"
  
  BULLET::::- "Utopia"
  
  BULLET::::- "Utrecht"
  
  Section::::V.
  
  BULLET::::- "Valentine"
  
  BULLET::::- "Valeur"
  
  BULLET::::- "Valhalla"
  
  BULLET::::- "Valiant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Valkyrie"
  
  BULLET::::- "Valorous"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vampire"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vancouver"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vandal"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanessa"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanguard"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanity"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanneau"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanoc"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vanquisher"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vansittart"
  
  BULLET::::- "Vascama"
   BULLET::::- "Transit"
  
  BULLET::::- "Transporter"
  
  BULLET::::- "Transylvania"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trave"
  
  BULLET::::- "Traveller"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trenchant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trepassy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tresham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trespasser"
  
  BULLET::::- "Triad"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tribune"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trident"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trillium"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trimmer"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trincomalee"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trinidad"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tristram"
  
  BULLET::::- "Triton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Triumph"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trojan"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tromp"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trooper"
  
  BULLET::::- "Troubridge"
  
  BULLET::::- "Truant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Truculent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Truelove"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trump"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trumpeter"
  
  BULLET::::- "Truncheon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Truro"
  
  BULLET::::- "Trusty"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tryphon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tudor"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tulip"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tumult"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tuna"
  
  BULLET::::- "Turbulent"
  
  BULLET::::- "Turpin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Turquoise"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tuscan"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tutankhamen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tweed"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tyler"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tyne"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tynedale"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tynwald"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tyrant"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tyrian"
  
  Section::::See also.
   BULLET::::- "Haerlem"
  
  BULLET::::- "Haida"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halberd"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halcyon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Haldon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Half Moon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halifax"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halladale"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hallowell"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halsham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halstarr"
  
  BULLET::::- "Halstead"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hamadryad"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hambledon"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hamilton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hampshire"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hampton Court"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hampton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Handmaid"
  
  BULLET::::- "Handy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hannam"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hannibal"
  
  BULLET::::- "Happy Entrance"
  
  BULLET::::- "Happy Ladd"
  
  BULLET::::- "Happy Return"
  
  BULLET::::- "Happy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hardi"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hardinge"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hardrock"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hardy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hare"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harebell"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harereen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harfruen"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hargood"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harland"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harlech"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harlequin"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harman"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harp"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harpenden"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harpham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harpy"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harrier"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harriot"
  
  BULLET::::- "Harrow"
  
  BULLET::::- "Hart"
   BULLET::::- "Chequers"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cheriton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cherokee"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cherub"
  
  BULLET::::- "Charwell"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cherwell"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chesapeake"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cheshire"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chester Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chester"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chesterfield"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chestnut"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cheviot"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chevreuil"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chevron"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chichester"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chicoutimi"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chiddingfold"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chieftain"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chignecto"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chilcompton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Childers"
  
  BULLET::::- "Childs Play"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chillingham"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chilliwick"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chilton"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chippeway"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chittagong"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chivalrous"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cholmondeley"
  
  BULLET::::- "Christ"
  
  BULLET::::- "Christchurch Castle"
  
  BULLET::::- "Christian VII"
  
  BULLET::::- "Christopher Spayne"
  
  BULLET::::- "Christopher"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chrysanthemum"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chub"
  
  BULLET::::- "Chubb"
  
  BULLET::::- "Church"
  
  BULLET::::- "Churchill"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cicala"
  
  BULLET::::- "Cicero"
  
  BULLET::::- "Circassian"
  
  BULLET::::- "Circe"
  
  BULLET::::- "Citadel"
  
  BULLET::::- "City of Edinburgh"
   BULLET::::- "Old Falling Apart" – , from firing so many rounds during the bombardment of Guam, she appeared to be falling apart.
  
  BULLET::::- "Old Formy" – HMS "Formidable"
  
  BULLET::::- "Old Hoodoo" – USS "Texas (1892)"
  
  BULLET::::- "Old Mary" – USS "Maryland (BB-46)"
  
  BULLET::::- "The Old Grey Ghost of the Borneo Coast" – HMS "Albion"
  
  BULLET::::- "Old Ironsides" – USS "Constitution"
  