Revolutionary Naval Naming Regulation Committee
The Revolutionary Naval Naming Regulation Committee is a regulation board subservient to the Janpian Union of Revolutionary Navy that is tasked with naming and record-keeping all the ships and vessels that are in Revolutionary service. It was established on April 6, 1948, as part of the All-Union Order No. 211 during the Janpian Civil War, with the aim of renaming all mutinied ships from the Janpian Imperial Navy, and as a way to replace the old imperial ship naming convention. Regardless, it retained some aspects of the old naming convention just with a few added modifications, such as removing rank terminologies or people's name, and replacing them instead with the ship's pennant numbers or the Revolutionary Ideals. It was revised on October 24, 1995, as part of Marshal Khirelya's fleet restructuring.
Nomenclature
The nomenclature extends to the ship names only and not on the names of the class itself. Although the naming of the ship's class is under committee's jurisdiction, their regulations does not necessarily needed to be applied. The word "N" is added on the end of the ship's prefix if its nuclear powered.
Ship | Named after |
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Aircraft Carriers (RE): | Domains, Janpian mythical sea deities |
Battleships (BB): | Alternative names for Janpia |
Cruisers (CD): | Revolutionary Ideals or theme |
Destroyers / Destroyer Escorts (DD/DE): | Weather, wind, tide, ocean currents, season, natural phenomenon or objects, sea breezes |
Frigates (FF): | Mountains, plants, forests |
Minewarfare Vessels (MW): | Islands, shorelines |
Corvettes (CO): | Lakes, rivers, reservoirs, canals |
OPV (OV): | City or town names |
Submarines (SS): | Class name and pennant numbers. Additional "N" on front if ballistic missile capable. |
Ice breakers (ID:) | Glaciers, northern oceanic occurrence |
Training Vessels (TD): | Name of the naval academy or station |
Replenishment Vessels, Support Ships, or Auxiliary (RV/SU/AUX): | Pennant Numbers |
Hospital Ships (HO): | Schonghue Shrines |
Amphibious Dock or Ships (AD/AL): | Toriijo Forts |
Intelligence Ships (IS): | Constellation names |
Research Vessels / Survey Vessels (RR/RS) | Scientific abstract terms (Discovery, Innovation etc.) |
Patrol Boats (PSS): | Depends on the crew |
Landing Crafts (LV) | Pennant Number |
Tug boats (TB) | Depends on the crew |