How do countries around the world name aircraft carriers?

Aircraft Carrier, referred to as "aircraft carrier" or "aircraft carrier", is a large surface ship with carrier-based aircraft as its main combat weapon. The hull usually has a huge deck and is located on the left and right. The ship island on one side. So far, nine countries around the world have aircraft carriers through their own technology or by purchasing aircraft carriers from other countries. So how do they name the aircraft carrier?

Aircraft carrier naming method 1: Personal nomenclature

Naming aircraft carriers using (personal names) is very common around the world. Most of the US aircraft carriers are named after US presidents. of. For example: "Lincoln", "Roosevelt", "Kennedy", "Eisenhower" and so on. French aircraft carriers are also named after people, such as the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The Russian Kuzrezov.

Aircraft carrier naming method 2: city nomenclature

It is also common to name ships after (city). Most of the aircraft carriers in the former Soviet Union were named after cities, such as the "Minsk" and the "Kiev" aircraft carrier.

The third method of naming aircraft carriers: abstract nomenclature

The so-called (abstract) nomenclature means that it is not named after a specific person or place. , is a completely abstract name. For example, the British aircraft carriers: "Invincible", "Excellence" and "Ark". In fact, whether it is the name of the aircraft carrier, the name of the company, or the name of the person, they are not just a simple code name. It embodies the feelings of the person naming it and has more profound meanings. A good name makes it easier for people to understand and remember your name.

The names of aircraft carriers in service around the world are as follows:

Naming of China's aircraft carriers

The specific naming rules for China's surface ships are:

Aircraft carriers and cruisers are named after administrative provinces (districts);

Destroyers and frigates are named after large,

Dock landing ships and tank landing ships are named after "mountains";

Training ships are named after people;

Auxiliary ships are all named after "mountain" The name indicating the sea area and nature (such as Dongtuo, Beiyou, Nanbiao) is added with the serial number.

Regional division:

In order to avoid the phenomenon of duplicate names of ships, the People's Republic of China. The granting of naval ship names must be strictly divided by region:

The jurisdiction of the North Sea Fleet uses the place names of 14 provinces and cities in North China, Northeast China, and Northwest China (Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan);

The jurisdiction of the East China Sea Fleet uses the place names of the seven provinces and cities in East China and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Xinjiang );

The jurisdiction of the South China Sea Fleet uses the place names of nine provinces and cities in South China and Southwest China (Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet). However, there are exceptions in recent years, such as the South China Sea Fleet. Guided missile destroyer No. 170 Lanzhou, guided missile frigate No. 569 Yuncheng. ?

There are exceptions to everything. Among the ships of the People's Navy, there are two special warships named after people. The "Zheng He" ship (81 ships) (Zheng He) is named in commemoration of the great Chinese navigator Zheng He; the other is called the "Shichang" ship (82 ships) (Shichang ship), in commemoration of the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War The two ocean-going comprehensive training ships are both named after the national hero Deng Shichang who died heroically in the naval battle. There is also the "Hua Luogeng" weapons test ship (ship 892)

The naming of the US aircraft carrier<. /p>

The naming of US military aircraft carriers mainly includes: named after the president of the United States; named after a naval general; named after a famous domestic politician; named after a famous naval ship; named after a place where major events in American history occurred; and named after a famous place in the history of American aviation Or named after a person. The naming of aircraft carriers actually has two meanings: first, each aircraft carrier has its own name; second, the class of aircraft carriers of the same type is named after the first aircraft carrier of that type. For example, "Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Lincoln", "Lincoln" is the name of the aircraft carrier, and "Nimitz" is the name of the aircraft carrier-class model, which is taken from the "Nimitz", the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of this type. name.

The U.S. Navy generally names warships in accordance with the convention of using personal names for aircraft carriers, state names for cruisers, personal names for destroyers, and city names for submarines.

Of the 12 aircraft carriers currently in service in the U.S. military, 7 are named after the president. This is not only intended for external publicity, but also includes more consideration of domestic political factors in recent years, but there is also some selfishness.

As the largest and most advanced surface ship of the US military, the aircraft carrier naturally shoulders the important task of safeguarding the global interests of the United States, and it also ties in with the heroic complex of Americans. This determines that the name of the aircraft carrier must be extraordinary. The second, fifth and sixth ships of the US military's "Nimitz" class aircraft carriers are named "Eisenhower", "Lincoln" and "Washington" respectively. President Washington was the founder of the United States of America, Lincoln prevented the division of the United States at a critical moment, and Eisenhower directed the Allied forces to defeat fascist Germany on the European battlefield during World War II. They are heroes in the hearts of every American, and it is natural to name the aircraft carrier after them.

Among the US military’s active aircraft carriers, all presidents who are chosen to name the aircraft carrier have some relationship with the Navy. Take President Reagan and President Bush Sr., both of whom have a close relationship with the Navy. During the Reagan administration, he made every effort to revitalize the military, and the Navy benefited greatly from this and continued to grow in strength. Bush joined the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday in 1942 and became the youngest pilot in the history of the U.S. Navy. He was awarded the "Distinguished Cross" and contributed greatly to the construction of the U.S. Navy after the war. Naming two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers after them can be regarded as an act of "repaying a favor" by the US Navy.

The naming of French aircraft carriers

The number of French aircraft carriers developed is small, so the naming is relatively simple, divided into two categories: personal names and place names. France officially developed aircraft carriers after World War II. It leased several aircraft carriers from the United Kingdom and the United States. For example, the "Dixmudd" and the "Arromanche" were both famous places where the battles of "World War I" and "World War II" took place. To name it.

After France independently developed aircraft carriers in the 1950s, they were mainly named after famous military and political leaders in French history. For example, there are two "Clémenceau" class aircraft carriers, the "Clémenceau" and the "Foch". The former was the famous French Prime Minister in World War I, and the latter was the supreme commander of the Allied Powers on the Western Front in World War I. The origin of the later "Charles de Gaulle" class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is even more well known.

The naming of British aircraft carriers

The United Kingdom has its own characteristics in the naming of aircraft carriers. According to the general media, the ships of the British Navy are called HMS XX. But in fact, every ship in the British Navy has the prefix "HMS" in front of it, which is the abbreviation of His/Her Majesty's Ship, which translates to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain's ship. Therefore, the full name of the only aircraft carrier "Excellence" in the UK should be "Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain's Ship Excellence". In terms of the specific naming of aircraft carriers, the biggest difference between British aircraft carriers and those in the United States is that the "personal names" come from the royal family. The same thing is that quite a few aircraft carrier names are inherited from the names of famous ships in the British Navy.

The reason why there are no ordinary names is because the UK is a constitutional monarchy. It is impossible for a presidential country like the United States to name its main battleships after rotating presidents or members. The latest aircraft carrier under construction in the UK is Just used the "Queen Elizabeth". At the same time, the British Navy has a long history of development. Ship names such as "Invincible" and "Excellent", although they sound abstract, are actually inherited from the famous battleships of the British Royal Navy.

Russian aircraft carrier naming

The Russian aircraft carrier was inherited from the former Soviet Union, and its development can be counted from the Soviet period after World War II. The rules for naming aircraft carriers in the former Soviet Union are very clear, referring to famous cities, such as Moscow, Kiev, Baku, Leningrad, etc. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the names of aircraft carriers became famous naval admirals, such as Baku became Admiral Gorshkov, and Tbilisi became Admiral Kuznetsov.

Japanese aircraft carrier naming In the 1930s and 1940s, the Japanese combined fleet, which was at its peak, once had more than 10 aircraft carriers and claimed to be "the most powerful in the world." "Fleet" did not take the British and American navies at all into consideration. By the time Japan unconditionally surrendered in 1945, it had built and modified nearly 30 aircraft carriers of various types (excluding seaplane carriers). In terms of quantity alone, it ranked among the "top three" among the warring countries.

However, compared with Europe and the United States, Japan has a "tortuous" experience in naming its aircraft carriers.

At first, the Japanese Navy clung to the outdated idea of ??"big ships and big guns" and was not optimistic about the future prospects of aircraft carriers. They positioned them lower than battleships and battlecruisers, and their naming was even more "casual".

At that time, Japan named its battleships and battlecruisers, either after famous vassal states and administrative regions in history, such as "Ise", "Hyuga" and "Yamashiro", or after famous mountains and rivers, such as "King Kong". "(Taken from Mount Kongo in Osaka and Nara, Japan), "Hiei" (Mount Hiei, a famous Buddhist holy site in Japan). The naming of aircraft carriers in Japan is mostly derived from auspicious animals in traditional culture, such as "Auspicious Crane", "Auspicious Crane", "Flying Dragon", "Blue Dragon", etc. Most of these auspicious beasts are inextricably linked to Japanese Shintoism. However, please don’t think that these auspicious signs are so important, because Japan is a country with “eight million gods”. As the saying goes, “Things are rare and valuable.” Even if there are too many gods, they are still worthless.

In the traditional Japanese concept, anything that is old or has been brewed for a long time can be sublimated into a god. For example, there is a century-old handmade fan shop in Nara, Japan. It is said that its history can be traced back to the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The "Fan God" enshrined in the store's shrine is the first fan made when the store first opened. It can be said that in Japan, gods or auspiciousness are almost everywhere, which can be described as "common" and not at the same "level" as the few famous mountains and rivers.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Some Japanese aircraft carriers are named quite differently. For example, the "Akagi" and "Kaga" were both converted from battlecruisers. Because of their "noble bloodline", they were able to retain their original names. There are also the "Chitose" and "Chiyoda", which were originally seaplane carriers. After being converted into aircraft carriers, they also retained their original names. Although various countries have different naming methods for aircraft carriers, they "remain true to their origins", which reflects the country's history, culture and naval tradition. Let’s take the British and American navies as examples. Due to their long history, many ship names in the two navies have been passed down from generation to generation. Britain's most famous "Ark Royal", the first battleship to use this name, was the flagship of the British fleet that annihilated the "Invincible Fleet" in 1588. Later, this ship name was used four times on aircraft carriers. The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier currently under construction in the United Kingdom, its ship names "Queen Elizabeth" and "Prince of Wales" are also inherited from the famous battleships of World War II.

In the U.S. Navy, the most prominent example is the USS Enterprise. Nine battleships have used this name, including two aircraft carriers. Strictly speaking, the conventional translation of "enterprise" is not rigorous. Although the English word Enterprise means "enterprise", it always seems a bit weird when used on American warships. Some scholars believe that it may be more appropriate to translate it as "Enterprise".