Talk:Ceremonial ship launching/Archive 1

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This is POV and Americocentric. Tuf-Kat

Again? So change the damn thing. -- Zoe

Worse, it was plagerized from the US Navy website. The document was released to public domain but with the restriction that the by line remain intact.

Appearant Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq108.htm

US Navy History Web Site Copyright Notices: http://www.history.navy.mil/warning.htm

And I was just about to add it as a brilliant prose too! Should I add the by line and violate the wikipedia style or leave the article alone?

From the page you provided the link to (http://www.history.navy.mil/warning.htm): "All information on this site is in the public domain and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested." (Emphasis added.) --the Epopt 17:02 7 Jul 2003 (UTC)

This has what to do with ship naming?

Agree, it's all about launching and blessing of vessels. I want to know how they come up with those names, almost always a female name. --Kvasir (talk) 18:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Pneumatic Launching?

There is a line in the "Methods of Launch" segment that talks about a "new" method of launch dubbed the "Intense Pneumatic tire for ship launching", complete with a link to the company site.

Methinks this is a bout of shameless vanispamcruftisement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.13.252 (talk) 07:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Additional information

The Navy Times recently published an article that may be of use in improving or adding references to the section of this article on American ship naming: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_birthday_100608w/. Maralia (talk) 21:24, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Christening versus Naming

Which countries still specifically include Christian religious rites in the naming ceremonies of their ships? I have changed a few instances of "christening" to "naming" in various articles about ships with the rationale that a ship, as an inanimate object, doesn't have religious beliefs - i.e. a ship cannot be Christian. Roger (talk) 18:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

inconsistent

Methods of launch

There are three principal methods of conveying a new ship from building site to water, only two of which are called "launching."

Then it lists three methods , calling all three "launch". The third one with airbags does not match the third one "float out" in the summary.