Battleship Dante Alighieri - photo

[mklotz]

USS; United States Ship.
HMS; His (or Her) Majesty's Ship.
HMAS; His (or Her) Majesty's Australian Ship.
IJN; Imperial Japanese Navy
TMB; Dat'sa Ma Boat!

RMS - Royal Mail Ship (e.g. the Titanic)
SMS - Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship - Imperial German Navy designation, Prussia too)

More than you ever wanted to know here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix

[Toolmaker51]

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More than you ever wanted to know here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix

Far more than anticipated......interesting none-the-less.
Not unlike trip to library for reference materials on subject 'X' and finding thick volumes, know you'll dwell awhile when a web page slider bar is only 10 or 12 millimeters high.
Aka 'rabbit holes', think comparison to work of gophers and moles is more apt.

[mklotz]

Far more than anticipated......interesting none-the-less.
Not unlike trip to library for reference materials on subject 'X' and finding thick volumes, know you'll dwell awhile when a web page slider bar is only 10 or 12 millimeters high.
Aka 'rabbit holes', think comparison to work of gophers and moles is more apt.

A fun game I play with myself is to think of a question for which an answer CANNOT be found on the internet. Must be a real question that has an answer, none of this type:

What is the meaning of life?

Can god make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?

How many angels can dance the tango?

So far I've had a remarkable lack of success. That speaks to the breadth of the internet or my lack of ingenuity. I'm going with all of the above.

[Toolmaker51]

A fun game I play with myself is to think of a question for which an answer CANNOT be found on the internet. Must be a real question that has an answer, none of this type:

What is the meaning of life?
Solved pre-internet 1983, by resident seers of Monty Python, "Meaning of Life" There are confirming parallels from 1981 in Mel Blanc's "History of the World, Part I". MUST be correct, that no retractions or Part II was offered.

Can god make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?
Avoiding heretical statements, so heavy; no. Possibly too large? Yes We mortals do it all week long.

How many angels can dance the tango?
Several possibilities. What era did they attain their wings? Does tango exceed popularity their ethnic dancing? I'm sure if they meet Carmen Miranda, they will. Has Arthur Murray opened a studio up there?

So far I've had a remarkable lack of success. That speaks to the breadth of the internet or my lack of ingenuity. I'm going with all of the above.

Those were easy. I'd never fault your ingenuity Mr. K.
Regarding personal success versus breadth of internet however, try finding a reasonably priced accelerator assembly to a '05 Ford F650... IN STOCK!

[Toolmaker51]

All the things I'd like to accomplish are outside today, decently heavy labor don't mix with cold and drizzle. That little foray was far more entertaining.

Including little Carmen Miranda, found one with a favorite Groucho Marx quip; one man comments "plenty of pepper huh?". His shot back "a nice shaker too!"

I was born too late.