VLVL2 (9.5): "The Killer Sub Unspeakable"

[Dave Monroe]

"'Only--for the rest of mine, angel!' as up out of
a calm and sunny ocean the killer sub Unspeakable
briefly poked up its periscope, eyeballed their
vessel, ascertained that it was not the Love Boat, and
withdrew." (VL, Ch. 9, p. 174)


"the killer sub Unspeakable"

Cf., e.g., ...

"the Confederate man-of-war 'Disgruntled'" (Lot 49,
pp. 49-50)

Toiletship Rücksichtslos: (GR, pp. 448 ff.)

Toiletship
448; aka Rücksichtslos (German: "inconsiderate" or
"ruthless")

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/alpha/t.html#toiletship

"the H.M.S. Inconvenience" (M&D, p. 28)

As opposed to (?) ...

"the destroyer U.S.S. Scaffold" (V., p. 11, 424-7,
432)

"the U.S.S. John E. Badass" (GR, pp. 388-9, 594, 623)

But why "Unspeakable" here?  Hm.  And note ...

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/TRP_navy.html


"ascertained"

http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/three/ascert.html


"the Love Boat"

http://www.loveboatonline.com/

http://www.tvland.com/shows/loveboat/

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-517/

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