Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang/Unit nicknames

Many ships and units of the United States Navy have nicknames; these nicknames are listed here. All other Navy slang is listed in Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang.

B
"B" Girls: USS Barbell SSN-580, USS Bonefish SSN-581 and USS Blueback SSN-582 USS Brewton FF 1086.... Bubba Bee
 * Big Bad John: Nickname for the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56).
 * Big and Slow: Nickname for the USS Bigelow (DD-942).
 * Big E: Nickname for the USS Enterprise (CV-6), which won 24 battle stars during World War II, also known as the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy. (Actually, the most decorated ship is the USS Parche (SSN-683), receiving a total of nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Citations, and thirteen Navy Expeditionary Medal awards during her thirty years of service.)
 * Big Gray Hate Maker: Term of endearment for the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).
 * Big John: Nickname for the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
 * Big SICK: civilian nickname for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)  see also Tears & Rainbows
 * Big Stick: Nickname for the USS Iowa (BB-61), crew's nickname for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
 * Bird: Nickname for the USS Surfbird (ADG-383).
 * Block-o-wood: Nickname for the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3).
 * Black Oil: Navy Standard Fuel Oil (NSFO)
 * BMFH: Big Mother F*****n Hammer
 * Bonny Dick: Nickname for the USS Bon Homme Richard (LHD-6)
 * Bubble Head: A Submariner
 * Busy Bee: Nickname for the USS Boxer (CV-21)
 * Broke-lahoma Shitty: Nickname for USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723) for the amount of equipment she has broken at any given time.
 * Building 5: nickname for the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), for the amount of time she spent in port at while in Long Beach, CA.

C

 * Chicken of the Sea, play on official slogon: Eagle of the Sea for USS Tarawa (LHA-1)


 * Crazy Pollack: Crew nickname for USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633)


 * CellBlock 68: Crew nickname for USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

D

 * Danger Ranger: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61

F
*FIGHTIN FIVE N DIME : Crews' nickname for the USS EATON DD/DDE 510
 * FID: First In Defense: Nickname for the USS Forrestal (CV59).
 * Fighting I: Nickname for the USS Intrepid (CV-11), now a museum ship in New York Harbor.
 * Fighting Cock: Nickname for USS Saratoga CV-60
 * Freddy NHPV: USS Wichita AOR-1
 * Forest Fire: Nickname for the USS Forrestal (CV59)

G

 * Gray Eagle NHKG: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61
 * Glitter Kilo NIBP: USS Guadalupe AO-32

H
Iron Gator - Uss Essex LHD-2

J

 * John Sore Penis: Nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis after it makes a port call in Australia and closes down all of the local brothels.
 * Jolly Rogers: Crews nickname given to the Spruance class destroyer USS John Rodgers
 * Jack of the Dust: The cook in charge of the galley storerooms.

L

 * Latex Glove: Crews nickname given to the AEGIS cruiser USS Leyte Gulf
 * Love Boat: Crews nickname given to the "USS McKee AS-41" submarine tender
 * Love Muscle: Crews nickname given to the Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Russell
 * Lone Ranger: USS Ranger CV/CVA-61

M

 * Magnificent Seven: Term of endearment for the USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
 * Midway Magic: Nickname for USS Midway CV-41, now a museum in San Diego

P

 * Peter Rabbit: Nickname for the USS Paul Revere (APA/LPA-248)
 * Pubic Mound: Crews nickname given to the destroyer tender USS Puget Sound
 * Phrog: CH-46 Sea Knight
 * PI: Phillipine Islands (notably Subic Bay Naval Base)

Q

 * Queer Barge: Nickname for the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
 * Queer Barge: USS Kearsarge CV/CVA/CVS-33

R

 * Rough Rider: Official call sign for USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

S

 * "S" Girls: USS Skate SSN-578, USS Swordfish SSN-579, USS Sargo SSN-583, and USS Seadragon SSN-584
 * “San Jack” or “Flagship of the Texas Navy”: CVL San Jacinto.
 * Sand Dog: San Diego
 * Shit River: Olongapo River dividing Olongapo City and the Subic Bay Naval Base
 * Skimmer: A target for a submarine.
 * Skivvy Waver: Signalman (SM)
 * Stew Burner: Commissaryman (CS)
 * Stinkin' Lincoln: Crews nickname given to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
 * Shitty Kitty: Crews nickname given to CV-63, USS Kittyhawk.

T

 * Tears & Rainbows: Army nickname after COVID-19 panic USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
 * TI: Naval Station Treasure Island
 * Tip of the Sword: Nickname for USS Midway (homeported in Yokosuka, Japan)
 * Tommy the Tug, or Tommy the Tugboat, the crew's nickname for the USS Thomas S. Gates, after she towed a disabled ship in to port while operating in the Carribean.
 * Turd Chaser: Shipfitter (SF)
 * Turd Chaser: Hull Maintenance Technician (HT)

W

 * Willy-B, Willy B: Nickname for the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
 * Wicked Witch of the West: USS Wichita AOR-1