You know, in those WWII movies, some battleships have names like "USS" and sth like that. What's that all about? and why "roger" means "received"? It sounds like a boy's name.
2007-04-26 18:32:37 · 13 answers · asked by Gone 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
United States Ship.
2007-04-26 18:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by hodgetts21 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
USS United States Ship
2007-04-27 01:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by mdk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USS means United States Ship, it is an acronym, just like in the United Kingdom naval ships are MHS (Her or His Magesty's Ship). Roger is part of the old phonetic code. Talking on a radio isn't like talking on a phone or in person. There is distortion, so just saying "r" doesn't cut it. You need to make sure your transmition gets through. A single letter takes a fraction of a second to say, but a transmition that short can get distorted over a radio and the interfence. All single letters have a name that stands for them, for example, in the modern day Alpha for A, Bravo for B etc. This ensures the person you are talking to doesn't mistake your M for an N since today M is "Mike" and N is "November". The letters sound alike, but we use words to stand in for them that dont o that there is no confusion, since in flying a simple mix up can kill people. In WW2 the word for the letter R was Roger (today Romeo stands for R), R is short for recieved. Contrary to popular belief, Roger Wilco is never used as Wilco means I have heard and will comply, so Roger Wilco means I have heard, I have heard and will comply, which is redundant and never used.
2007-04-27 01:42:39 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
United States Ship
2007-04-27 01:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
USS means United States Ship.
Roger is a nice word for received when talking on a radio rather than using R for receipt of message.
2007-04-27 01:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prefix USS (for United States Ship) is used for the American Navy.
In the TV show, Star Trek, it stood for United (Federation of Planets) Star Ship.
Roger means "copy", "heard you" on the radio in the military and civilian aviation. This usage comes from the letter "R" of "received" which in the old phonetic alphabet was called "roger" (now called Romeo) in radio alphabets (such as the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet).
Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet:
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta,
Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India,
Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November,
Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo,
Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor,
Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.
2007-04-27 01:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by elly_leaverton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USS=UNITED STATES SHIP
Still used today, not just in WWII movies. USS Cole, USS Ronald Reagan, USS George Washington........
Roger is not a military thing, it is a TV and movie thing.
2007-04-27 10:48:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In radio communications, Roger is used to acknowledge the transmission. Wilco is used to denote that compliance to a transmission will follow. Over is used to signal that a part of a transmission is over and Out is used to end the transmission.
USS = United States Ship
2007-04-27 01:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by crusty old fart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USS=United States Ship
Roger is much easier to understand than received over sound powered microphones. Words that have the"ceived" endings sound blurred, while the"ger" endings are clear.
2007-04-27 01:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by Joker 1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
uss=united states ship; usns=united states naval ship
2007-04-27 01:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by namkciub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋