What does the "SS" mean in boat names like SS Mariner?

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I was always under the impression that the designation "SS" stood for Steam Ship which meant in the days between Robert Fulton to the 1920s the ship's boilers was powered by coal or in the case of riverboats, wood. By the 1920s ships began to use oil and the SS designation began to disappear and give way to "M.V." which meant Motor Vessel. Later, any number of "letters" suggesting various types of newly developed machinery were used.


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In the days of sailing ships, the term SS stood for "Sailing Ship". Steam ships are termed SS which stands for "Steam ship" because they are powered by steam. If the vessel is powered by a internal combustion motor such as diesel engine or a gas turbine unit, the vessel's name has MV ("Motor Vessel") denoting the type of propulsion the vessel has.


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U.S.S. stands for United States Ship. H.M.S. is Her/His Majesty's Ship. S.S. can stand for Sailing Ship, I think.


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Yes, USS stands for United States Ship. Just SS stands for submersible ship AKA submarine. The US boats that carry this designation were diesel boats, because todays US submarines are nuclear they are designated SSN. Other countries still have SS boats.


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SS is also a missile designator for "Ship-to-Shore," as in SS-N-X (where X is representing a number).


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SS is not "submersible ship" SS is "steamship!!" Thats all it ever was. thats all it ever will mean. STEAM-SHIP.

SS never was "sailing ship" That one is ridiculous, because before Robert Fulton's steam engine, sailing ships were ALL THERE WAS!! There was nothing else!!!!!! YES M/V is motor vessel. Your thinking "But a motor and an engine is the same thing!!" TECHNICALLY a motor can be considered to be driven by electricity. An engine is combustion driven. In the case of ships "Motor vessel" is used to indicate combustion driven, meaning the burning of oil, creating fossil fuel burn-off in the piston chambers. Heres where the confusion exists. You still need coal, or oil to create steam. You still have black smoke coming from a steam ship. But the difference is the piston chambers is compressing steam, in a steam engine. Theres no burning of fuel inside the steam engine. In the days of the sailing ships, the ships would employ a sailmaker. He would repair the sails, and make new sails. The steamships employed stokers, whose sweaty, tiring job was to shovel coal into the burners.


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Actually, in reference to a submarine, 'SS' DOES indeed stand for submerisable ship. As in: SSN = submerisable ship nuclear, and SSBN = submersible ship ballistic missile nuclear, and SSGN = submersible ship guided missile nuclear.

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Yes SS did stand for "steam ship" and as said before, it was quite a long time ago. So now days, if you see "SS" on a civilian ship, it means sailing ship. If you see "SS" on a Navy submarine, then it means submersible ship. So the whole "it will always mean steam ship” is incorrect. Look it up buddy!

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Ss Abbreviation

Answer 4

Boat Acronym

Answer 5

SS stands for "Steam Ship"

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Answer 7

Sailing Ship

Answer 8

SS- steam ship
MV- motor vessel
USS- united sates ship (navy)
HMS- her majesty's ship (british navy)

The SS and MV are descriptions of the power plant that a vessel has on board. USS and HMS just show that they are military vessels.

Answer 9

The two letter abbreviation s.s is a civilian designation for "steamship", which was later to include all civilian ships that were powered mechanically by internal or external combustion engines.

Answer 10

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