Like S.S. Minnow from Gilligan's Island. Thanks, my kids were wondering.
2006-12-16 08:26:04 · 13 answers · asked by ilovedefault 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
"SS" Stands for "Steamship". Paddle boats/paddle streamers often carried the prefix "PS" and the same is true with "TS" for turbine propelled ships. Steamships are the most common, which is why so many ships have "SS" as a prefix.
(FYI, if you get into different kinds of water vessels, there are different prefixes used. Some of the most common for these other prefixes are ones that refer to the country of the vessel's origin like "HMS" which stands for "Her/His Majesty's ship", most often referring to the british/UK navy vessels, but also for "Hennes Majestäts Skepp" in the royal sweedish navy; or "USS" for "United States Ship"; etc)
2006-12-16 08:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by alidite 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The titles SS or RMS, HMS, HMHS, USS are never placed on the bow's prow. These are simply identification titles. SS means Steamship, while RMS means Royal Mail Steamer, and HMS is His Majesty's Ship, while HMHS means His Majesty's Hospital Ship. USS is United States Ship. There are others too, like MV which is commonly used today. This means Motor Vessel, which is used for all diesel-powered vessels.
Other types of titles used were TES - Turbine-Electric Steamer, GTS - Gas Turbine Steamer, and even ETGS - Electric-Gas Turbine Steamer. Most of these lower ones are no longer used though.
2006-12-17 10:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Steam Ship.
2006-12-16 08:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by gumball 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
SS stands for steam ship.
USS stands for United States Ship.
S/V is for sailing vessel
M/V for motor vessel
HMS His/Her Majesty Ship
Now it generally has the name of the ship and country
They used to use SS even if it was not steam (from age of sail)
2006-12-16 12:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
SS stands for steam ship, MS stands for motor boat. It's okay to use even if it's not steam powered.
USS stands for United States Ship.
2006-12-16 08:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sauerkraut Skipper
2016-11-02 07:16:16 · answer #6 · answered by Jackalfried 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"SS" stands for Steam Ship or Sailing Ship
2006-12-16 08:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe it stands for steam ship.
2006-12-16 08:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
BF mean on the side of a boat?
2014-09-13 00:29:25 · answer #9 · answered by RPT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-02 15:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋