Re: Do any of you actually name your ships?
 

I don't name specific names to my ships (or classes). I use a number system similar to what you see in Star Trek (similar to the shows Hull regestry numbers). I know, kinda corney, but they really help in large PBEM games with your ships.

Their are basically type of Indicators on my hull regester system. The "Construction" Label is first, followed by a dash, then the actual Specific hull number. The Construction Label describes what the vessels role is in the fleet (ex. CV would be carrier). The first letter is always "C" which means construction. The second letter descibes the role of the vessel...

V= Carrier
W= Warship
m= Minelayer/Sweeper (I make these ships use both components)
S= Scout
J= Auxilary Vessel (Basically freighter hulls converted to be used in the Fleet)
etc...etc...etc...

The Regestry number describes the ships actual count in the fleet. The first number describes the ships size with the fleet. Since ship hulls that are close to one another have only a slight edge in combat, I divide my the number group between 4 types ... light hulls "1", Standard Hulls "2" (work horses of the fleet, usually CL's and Destroyers), Heavy Hulls "3" (big ships like Crusiers mostly), and finally Massive Hulls "4" (Battleships, Dreadnoughts etc.). So a Battleship would have this type of hull regestry....

CW-423-a

The "23" indicate how many vessels of its size in the fleet (hehe... Doesn't nessesarly mean that their are only "23" Massive vessels within my fleet! This is another number system that is considered "classified" under my system.). The "a" letter indicates that it received a refit. It may also be applied to class designs to indicate a refit to a designs hull as well.

Re: Do any of you actually name your ships?
 

I usually name the class of ship when it is designed, then add proper names to each individual ship based somewhat on the class name. For example, I might create a "Storm" Class Battlecruiser, and subsequent names would include, "Tempest", "Maelstrom", "Hurricane", etc. Another example is the "Blade" Class Dreadnaught, and proper names in that Category would include, "Scimitar", "Broadsword", and "Rapier", for instance.

Re: Do any of you actually name your ships?
 

I don't generally use unique names for each ship; I do, however, have my own design names file that I created for SE3 & have copied into my SE4 installation. It's a list of composers taken from the index of a music history book. The file is posted in the Space Empires: IV - Data/Sound/Graphic Modifications forum.

Re: Do any of you actually name your ships?
 

If you want to name your ships and do not have a handy list available. you can use this link
http://www.ruthrauff.net/d20/star_wars/ship-names.html

It randomly generates ship names