Terran Navy ship nomenclature

The Terran Navy has a strict naming convention of all ships within the Navy. The New Sidon 2426 Terran naval nomenclature Treaty, often called the New Sidon Treaty, determined protocols which are still ongoing today. All Terran ships have an ID number, whilst larger ships have names alongside their IDs. The New Sidon Treaty created the Navy Institute for Nomenclature and Insignia charged with naming new ships and renaming old ones. 
It is legally forbidden to name a military ship after a real life individual, be it living or historical. However, a loophole commonly used is to name the name of a settlement itself called after a historical figure. As such, the FNS Eisenhower is technically named after the city on New Babylon rather than president Eisenhower. 
There are a number of prefixes used for Navy ships. Almost every ship of the navy uses the FNS prefix, meaning Federal Navy Ship. The Ultramarine Corps uses its own prefix UMC (Ultramarine Corps). Other prefixes include NSS (Navy Support Ship), GAF (Ground Assistance Forces), TSV (Terran Scientific Vessel) and SD (Special Designation).
Small, medium and large ships all have different naming conventions.
===Small ships===
Small ships, mostly made up of strike craft do not receive any name or ship specific IDs. They instead receive squadron ID numbers, which are then extended with a letter for each vessel. For example FNS AX/ABS-8(NCC1) would be the ID of the 8th bomber of an Albatross-type bomber squadron (ABS) in the 26th fleet (AX), whose mothership is the first Neptune class carrier (NCC1) of the fleet.
===Medium ships===
Medium ships, made up of corvettes and frigates do not receive names upon construction. The crews of these ships often give them nicknames, these can then be made into official names alongside the ID at the Navy nomenclature institute. For example FNS 12/BC-BJ29 Kingslayer would be the ID and name of the 3629th (BJ29) Svarog-class corvette (BC) of the 12th Armada (12) named Kingslayer by its crew. Multiple vessels can have overlapping names if they were given by the crews.
===Large ships===
Large ships, made up of destroyers, cruisers and carriers receive names upon construction. Each class has a specific way of receiving names. Destroyers and cruisers receive names after Earth cities, rivers or mountains, Uranus-class after planets, Neptune-class after Old Earth historical regions, Saturn-class after stars, nebulae and black holes, and Jupiter-class receive names after named galaxies. For example FNS //HHD5 Johannesburg would be the ID and name of the fifth Hades-class heavy destroyer (HHD5) to have been built, which hasn't been assigned to a fleet (//); the FNS AM/NHC53 Dalmatia would be the ID and name of the 53rd Neptune-class Heavy Carrier (NHC53) of the 13th fleet (AM). It is however important to note that many large ships are named on an ad hoc basis. As such, large ships are often named after historical battles, events or ships. Examples include the FNS Dreadnought Sol-class dreadnought or the FNS Albulena Cyclops-class cruiser. 
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