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.

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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)

"B" Girls: USS Barbell SSN-580, USS Bonefish SSN-581 and USS Blueback SSN-582

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.

USS Brewton FF 1086.... Bubba Bee

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

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.

*FIGHTIN FIVE N DIME : Crews' nickname for the USS EATON DD/DDE 510

Iron Gator - Uss Essex LHD-2

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.

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

"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.

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)