Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. James Kerr, William Grant, and John Potter of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, used this two-part model to demonstrate their ...

There's a long history of tradition in the United States Navy, which covers everything from uniforms to the naming of ships. Often, naval vessels receive their names based on a theme; modern nuclear ...

The names, hull numbers, and abbreviations that come before a warship's name have been going on for centuries, making the tradition of naming a ship, in a word — complicated. For instance, ships in ...