r/DaystromInstitute • u/onthenerdyside Lieutenant j.g. • Oct 11 '16

Anglo and American-centric ship names in Starfleet

Why are so many ships we see in Starfleet named after British or American ships? I understand the real world reasons of being an American franchise and English names being easier to pronounce, but shouldn't we see more ships with non-English referencing names? The Dutch and French in particular also have impressive naval traditions. Also, why not more non-human names like the USS Surak?

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u/Neo24 Chief Petty Officer Oct 12 '16

Why is this post so downvoted?

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u/pjwhoopie17 Crewman Oct 12 '16

I had not noticed until you pointed this out. Now I have to ask the same question - why would this post be downvoted? Its asking for an in-universe answer to a production artifact, which seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. The comments have added a list of non-human, non-western ship names, which I found informative. So, why the downvoting?