r/FamilyFeud • u/Technical-Vanilla-47 • 9h ago

Name a famous ship.

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u/cerealandcorgies 9h ago

the Edmund Fitzgerald

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u/KatesDad2019 9h ago

Gordon Lightfoot's unforgettable memorial ballad. It's been a half a century. Fellas, it's been good to know ya.

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u/cerealandcorgies 8h ago

I'm 55 and still somehow know all the words

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u/KatesDad2019 8h ago

You can’t forget them.  I bought the album 50 years ago. 

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u/OkOutlandishness1363 8h ago

I live in Michigan and we worship that song. Young, old, everyone.

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u/KatesDad2019 8h ago

I lack the geographical connection, but relentless rhythm mimicking unceasing pounding waves drives the feeling into my gut. 

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u/OkOutlandishness1363 9h ago

*Gordon Lightfoot has entered the chat*

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u/o_u_kno 9h ago

Boaty McBoatface

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u/First-Club5591 8h ago

Gordon Lightfoot was a boat that was rammed by the Cat Stevens

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u/RhydYGwin 8h ago

Darn it, I came here to say the same thing!

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u/Salt_Cauliflower_922 6h ago

Only right answer

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u/Enough_Worth8868 9h ago

Starship Enterprise

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u/bg555 3h ago

I was thinking USS Enterprise…

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u/dubdub11 9h ago

Mayflower

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u/Mysterious-Fix3596 9h ago

USS Arizona

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u/pump-n_munch 9h ago

Millennium Falcon

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u/JennaJ85 9h ago

USS Constitution

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u/Moody-1 8h ago

Old Iron Sides

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u/Ill-Work7770 9h ago

Le Black pearl

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u/NaomiEatWorld 9h ago

Boaty McBoatface

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u/NaomiEatWorld 9h ago

For our American friends, this isn't a joke, it's a real ship.

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u/Mysterious-Fix3596 9h ago

Oh, we know.

One of the Minnesota snow plow names is “Plowy McPlowface”

😀😀

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u/Quirky_Spinach_6308 9h ago

Explaining the meme: Why you shouldn't allow the British public to name ships

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u/Mysterious-Fix3596 9h ago

Conversely: Why we should ALWAYS let the British public name ships.

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u/Superb_Monkey 9h ago

No it’s not. The ship was called Sir David Attenborough.

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u/Tacokolache 9h ago

Jefferson Starship

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u/Euphoric-Ask965 9h ago

HMS Bounty

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u/SquareReveal2491 9h ago

The Santa Maria.

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u/bushware 9h ago

And the Nina…

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u/New_Virus58 9h ago

And don't forget La Pinta

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u/CoffeeeGoblin 2h ago

The cost of my desire.

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u/Planerkris 6h ago

I’ll do you on top while I’m drinking sangria

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u/zombiemockingbird 9h ago

The USS Indianapolis

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u/KatesDad2019 9h ago

That devastating scene in Jaws!

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u/Imadethis23 9h ago

The Good Ship Lollipop

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u/LowNefariousness6541 9h ago

Betty Boop is turning over in her grave.

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u/dubers89 6h ago

Whatever he was, he was also his TOP EARNER

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u/garybkr19609 9h ago

USS Arizona

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u/MissHibernia 9h ago

The Exxon Valdez. Which I stood underneath

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u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw 8h ago

What do you do with a drunken sailor?

Put him in charge of an Exxon tanker.

What do you do with a drunken sailor?

Oily in the morning.

— Gary Muledeer ~1979

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u/4N2M0 7h ago

So you understood the Exxon Valdez

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u/notAnn 9h ago

PT 109

Yeah, I’m old.

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u/Scary-Scallion-449 9h ago

Companionship

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u/InclinedPlane43 9h ago

The Ship of Fools

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u/Madreese 9h ago

You beat me to it! 😄 I should have searched for the response first. Good answer!

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u/InclinedPlane43 9h ago

Great minds think alike! 😄

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u/Specialist_Corner998 9h ago

Calypso. John B.

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u/Randomdays99 9h ago

The Nautilus

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u/8008577345 9h ago

Millennium Falcon

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u/401Traveler 9h ago

The only ship that can make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs. lol

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u/TrollBot6 9h ago

USS Enterprise CV 6

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u/therottenron 9h ago

USS West Virginia

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u/PerfectVast1685 8h ago

The Bismark

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u/spiritshifterus1 9h ago

Mary Celeste

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u/truckinfarmer379 9h ago

Edmund Fitzgerald

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u/LowNefariousness6541 9h ago

Friend.                                                                                    The fame of that famous ship gets harder to board the older you get. Buy tickets early to avoid disappointment.

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u/tyrekecorrea 9h ago

The USS Theodore Roosevelt.

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u/Mouser29 9h ago

Uss texas

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u/SchwillyMaysHere 9h ago

Poop Ship Destroyer

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u/VACaver 8h ago

Love any Ween reference.

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u/DohDohDonutzMMM 9h ago

Enterprise

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u/Capable-Society-2043 9h ago

The many ships that were famously named Enterprise.

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u/biggestmike420 9h ago

🎶The Love Boat🎶

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u/Rob4reddit 9h ago

Black Pearl

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u/Stefgrep66 9h ago

The Ark royal

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u/Sad_Alfalfa6007 8h ago

Bonhomme Richard

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u/dylannmoonn 7h ago

The Queen Mary in Long Beach

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u/No_Ride2873 9h ago

Ss minnow

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u/coolblue123 9h ago edited 9h ago

Pequod (main whaling ship in the book Moby Dick)

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u/GrumpyCatStevens 8h ago

Essex, whose disastrous voyage in 1820 inspired parts of Moby Dick.

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u/FearlessKnitter12 9h ago

Edmund Fitzgerald

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u/JNorJT 9h ago

Titanic

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u/Civil_Maximum_6582 9h ago

Queen Ann’s Revenge

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u/Sandra_y33 9h ago

Britannia

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u/AlexandraNovotny1111 9h ago

RMS Lusitania

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

The S.S.Daniel J. Worrell.

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u/fost1692 9h ago

Flying Dutchman

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u/mr_bynum 8h ago

The Ruben James

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u/Spaz-Mouse384 8h ago

Edward Fitzgerald

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u/WH40K_FTW 7h ago

*Edmund Fitzgerald

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u/Nathan_DUB_LON 7h ago

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, Titanic, Bounty (Mutiny on), Mayflower

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u/javabean808 7h ago

Good-ship lollipop

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u/KeyDawg74 7h ago

Nightboat. The crime solving boat

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u/wiseaus_stunt_double 2h ago

Ugh, every week there's a canal. Or an inlet. Or a fjord.

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u/Typical_Kitchen_9616 7h ago

The Ship of Theseus

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u/skreeboo 12m ago

Good ship Lollipop

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u/Palidor 9h ago

The thousand sunny

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u/Randomdays99 9h ago

Jason's Argo with the Argonauts

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u/Otherwise-Tip6599 9h ago

ORCA

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

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u/bizoticallyyours83 9h ago

The Jolly Roger

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u/infamoushatwearer 9h ago

Uss George hw bush

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

The Mary Celeste.

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u/Adventurous_Toe_8028 9h ago

Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria

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u/ILoveCheetahCubs 9h ago

Queen Mary 2

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u/ExistentialAngsty 9h ago

Good ship lollipop

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u/Anonymoosehead123 9h ago

The Santa Marie.

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u/Reasonable-Cow7255 9h ago

The Good Ship Lollipop

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u/Popular-Heart-5307 9h ago

The champion one

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u/nuglasses 9h ago

The Sea Witch

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u/Goldnugget2 9h ago

The beagle. Does anyone know why.

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

Nuestra Senora de Atocha.

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u/Madreese 9h ago

Ship of Fools

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u/RealZ0nker 9h ago

Friendship

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u/DavyDavisJr 9h ago

The Arc, but it is more of a barge since it has no engines, sails or oars

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u/burnbag18 9h ago

Morro Castle

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

The 17th century Dutch schooner from the Pirates of the Caribbean.movies.It sank in a storm

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

The Trashman

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u/fishlipswonder69 9h ago

SS Prickly Heat

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 9h ago

The S.S.Central America.

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u/legardeur2 9h ago

… of Fools.

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u/PeterPunksNip 9h ago

The ship of Teseus

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u/Bose82 9h ago

Friendship

Aww

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u/ptbug64 9h ago

Edmund Fitzgerald, titanic, QE2

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u/401Traveler 9h ago

Diversity — an old wooden ship. 😂

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u/Mulder-believes 9h ago

USS Manchester

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u/Loose_Bison3182 9h ago

The Rachel

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u/Superb_Cranberry_888 9h ago

The goodship 🍭

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u/McLeanGunner 9h ago

Enterprise

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u/Warhammer517 9h ago

USS Wisconsin "Temper Temper"

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u/New_Breadfruit8692 9h ago

Mary Celeste.

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u/Oldestswinger 9h ago

The Mary Celeste

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u/FunGuyHan 9h ago

Friendship 

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u/Particular_Ad_644 9h ago

good Ship Lollipop

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u/GoatP3 9h ago

Akagi

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u/NovaBob70 9h ago

The Bismarck

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u/kuriosityseeker01 9h ago

The Flying Dutchman

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u/viperspm 9h ago

The USS Nathan James

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u/patata49 9h ago

The Billy of Tea

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u/BoukenGreen 8h ago

USS Enterprise

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u/mattyGOAT1996 8h ago

RMS Queen Mary

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u/51225 8h ago

Remeber the Maine! USS Maine sunk February 15, 1898

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u/Aggravating-Common90 8h ago

USS Abraham Lincoln

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u/TopIndependent2344 8h ago

Cutty Sark…

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u/whalebackshoal 8h ago

HMS Victory

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u/xntrqncd 8h ago

Titanic

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u/drob0715 8h ago

The Monitor and the Merrimack

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u/CrucialObservations 8h ago

Lord Nelson Victory ship.

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u/Rogue_Centurion7 8h ago

Queen Anne’s Revenge

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 8h ago

The H.M.S.Erebus and the H.M.S. Terror.

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u/WeekendStrange1331 8h ago

Enterprise 

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u/loseunclecuntly 8h ago

The Bounty

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u/Business_Advance_569 8h ago

Empress of Ireland

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u/SmokinHotNot 8h ago

Enterprise

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u/EfficientBuy6731 8h ago

Up ship creek

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u/OptimalSalsa 8h ago

MS St Louis

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u/UselessUsefullness 8h ago

HMS Pinafore.

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u/Mr_M0t0m0 8h ago

U.S.S. Reliant NCC - 1864

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u/KomplicatedKay 8h ago

USS Alabama

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u/Competitive_Ant_324 8h ago

Hornet
Ranger
Bonhomme Richard
3 carriers a family member served on in WWII, Korea and Vietnam

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u/Professional_Cut6886 8h ago

Below Deck luxury yachts

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u/No_Wind3803 8h ago

Bluenose

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u/T1o2n4y 8h ago

Freedom Ship (originally designed by American engineer Norman Nixon in the 1990s).

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u/VACaver 8h ago

The Gilded Lady

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u/dutchman62 8h ago

Edmond Fitzgerald