SHIPS ARE FEMALE, GET OVER IT

we have aircraft carriers named after male politicians and noted men. They still refer to the ship as "her". Get georgeob to give up what he called the STennis.

The STennis, farmer?

The USS John C. Stennis - she is as female as the USS Carl Vinson

My father had a sailboat, he named it Midlife Crisis. Is that only a male thing?

I guess you say fatherland because once it was only men owing land. So you grew up on your father´s land. You learned to speak from your mother so it got to be your mother´s tounge.
On the other the symbol for France is Marianne and For Sweden Svea.

http://bilder.bild.de/fotos-skaliert/marianne-die-freiheit-volk-bild-louvre-20443018-mbqf-17231430/2,h=493.bild.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moon_rabbit/1508405255/

Thank you, saab.
That sorta makes sense!

oops, thats right george was skipper of the Vinson not Stennis. I always liked when carrioers were called "Saratoga" pr "Independence" rather than these damned politicians

I thought maybe a ship was a she because in french or any other language, that gives sex to inanimate objects, it was so, but no, she's a he..le navire.

Thanks to the Washington Naval Treaty, several battle cruisers, which would have exceeded the limits, were converted to carriers during construction. The first carrier, USS Langley was a converted collier, and was named after an American aviation pioneer--she was CV-1, the first designated carrier. USS Lexington and Saratoga were, respectively, CV-2 and CV-3. The class of battle cruisers was planned to be named after battles of the American Revolution. USS Ranger was named after one of the ships commanded by John Paul Jones, and was the first purpose built carrier. Two others in her class were Wasp and Hornet, named after U. S. Navy ships during the War of 1812. USS Yorktown was purpose built, but based on the Lexington class.

And ever' damned one of 'em was a girl!

Ships is girls 'cause we love 'em!

Bateau and vaisseau are masculine as well, in German, Schiff and Boot are neutrum.
But with a name, ships ARE girls: die Graf Spee, la Charlemagne ...

All the cars I have ever owned were females.
All the cars owned by all the women I have been married to were males.

I've dated women who owned female cars, but avoided long term relationships with them.

Joe(too creepy)Nation

Were those cars . . . ahem . . . straight sticks?

Still should be--they aren't Hee-a-cains. That is except for Herman Cain.

Rap

I drive stick...

I think yer probably a naughty wimmins, too . . .

Hmmm. Let me count...
Blue VW --yep
Toyota Corrolla -- yep
Honda CRX -- yep

Joe(They did not have cute names for them.)Nation

ahahaha!

The only car I remember naming, a previously well used mgb-gt white convertible, I called Flake. Well deserved, that name was. Flake probably could be used to describe any gender.

The captain of the Bismark wanted his crew to refer to the ship as "he", because it was so tough and manly and such. Next thing you know, the ship is out there rough-housin' and scrapping and going from one donnybrook to another, and got itself done sunk.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.