List of Warships By Nickname - B

B

• "Battle Cat" — USS Kitty Hawk
• "Battle Schmoozer", "Belcrash" — USS Belknap; reference her collision with the USS Kennedy in 1975
• "Big Ben" — USS Franklin; the ship is named after the Battle of Franklin(? - see link)
• "Big D" — USS Dallas; Given to the ship to denote being named in honor of the city of Dallas.
• "The Big E" — USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
• "The Big J" — USS New Jersey
• "Big John" — USS John F. Kennedy
• "Big Lizzie" — HMS Queen Elizabeth
• "Big Mamie" — USS Massachusetts
• "The Big Stick" — USS Theodore Roosevelt; based on Theodore Roosevelt's quotation, "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Also used for the USS Iowa for its role as the Big Stick of the Pacific during most of the naval battles it participated in.
• "Billy Ruffian" — HMS Bellerophon; humorous mispronunciation
• "The Black Dragon" — USS New Jersey
• "The Blue Ghost"— USS Lexington (CV-16); nickname supposedly bestowed by Japanese radio propagandist Tokyo Rose because of the color of her camouflage painting and because she repeatedly disproved reports that she had been sunk
• "Bonnie" — HMCS Bonaventure
• "Building (hull number)" — a U.S. Navy joke about ships that don't go to sea much.
  • "Building 575" — USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
  • "Building 587" — USS Tullibee(SSN-587)
  • "Building 21" — USS Seawolf (SSN-21)