SS is an abbreviation made notorious by its Nazi association

• Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force

Due to almost universal association of this abbreviation with Nazi history many organizations with the same initials refrain from using it. It has, however, many other meanings, including: The   (German for Protective Squadron), abbreviated (Runic) or SS (Latin), was a large security and military organization of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) in Germany. ...

Military

• Special Service, a division of soldiers in British service during World War II (later renamed Commandos)
• Submarine, for which "SS" is the United States Navy designator
• Surface-to-surface missile of Soviet/Russian type, as listed by NATO
• Sea Scout, a class of British airship during World War I
• Steamboat a boat powered by Steam

For other uses, see Commando (disambiguation). ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship. ... USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ...

History, government, and social sciences

• Collar of SS, an ornamental collar in British heraldry
• Social Studies, a group of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world
• United States Secret Service, a United States federal government law enforcement agency
• Selective Service, the means by which the United States administers military conscription
• Social security, a field of social welfare concerned with the fulfillment of socially recognized needs
• Simplified spelling, the object of spelling reform and campaigning issue of the Simplified Spelling Society
• Stockholm Skins, a neo-Nazi organization in Sweden

Sir Thomas More wearing the Collar of Esses as Lord Chancellor, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security (prior to the founding of that department in 2003, it was under the United States Department of the Treasury). ... The Selective Service System is the means by which the United States administers military conscription. ... Social security primarily refers to a field of social welfare service concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... Natural languages often develop cumbersome manners of spelling words. ... Spelling reform generally attempts to introduce a logical structure connecting the spelling and pronunciation of words. ... The Simplified Spelling Society is an organization which promotes English spelling reform. ...

Transport

• Corsairfly, an airline company with IATA code "SS"
• Steamship, abbreviated "SS" in ship prefix (e.g. S.S. Minnow)
• Super Sport, a performance package offered by Chevrolet
• SS Cars Ltd, the forerunner of Jaguar.
• Swallow Sidecar Company, the former name of the Jaguar automobile company
• Sand Springs Railway, which has the AAR reporting mark "SS"
• Stockholms Spårvägar, the former streetcar and bus operating authority in Stockholm, Sweden
• Holden Commodore, a vehicle sold in Australia.
• Shaoshan, a series of electric locomotives in China railway.

Boeing 747 Corsairfly Corsairfly is an airline based in Paris, France. ... Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship. ... See main article Gilligans Island The S. S. Minnow was a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s television sitcom Gilligans Island. ... 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 Super Sport, or SS, is an option package offered by Chevrolet on many of its vehicle lines since 1961. ... The SS badge] SS Cars Ltd was a British car maker. ... 1931 Austin 7 Swallow saloon The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded by William Walmsley in Blackpool, England to make motor cycle sidecars. ... Reporting Marks SS Nature of Firm SS operates freight service between Sand Springs and Tulsa, OK with 32 miles of trackage (all yard limits). ... AB Stockholms Spårvägar (SS) was a company founded in 1915 to coordinate tram traffic in Stockholm. ...

Geography

• Sassari, an Italian province

Sassari (in Italian and Sassarese, a Corsican dialect; either Sassari or Tathari in southern Sardinian), is a town and a province in Sardinia, Italy. ...

Business and economics

• Sláturfélag Suðurlands, an Icelandic company ("Southern Association of Slaughter")

Religion

• Saints, often abbreviated "SS" in the plural (e.g. "SS Peter and Paul")
• Sabbath School, part of the weekly Seventh-day Adventist Church service

In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist church that roughly parallels Sunday School in most other Protestant denominations. ... The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist) Church is a Christian denomination with a worldwide membership of over 14 million and an active presence in most countries of the world. ...

Sports

• Società Sportiva (Italian for "Sport Society"), frequently found as an identifier in the names of Italian sports clubs
• Survivor Series, an annual WWE wrestling event
• Shortstop, a defensive position in baseball
• Strong Safety, a defensive position in American and Canadian football
• Spirit Squad, a professional wrestling stable

Official Survivor Series logo. ... The position of the shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... Defensive back (DB) is a player in American football whose role is primarily pass coverage; that is, the defensive back will stay near a receiver and try to deflect or intercept any passes thrown to him. ... The Spirit Squad was a five member tag team who wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand, as well as in farm territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other

SS may also refer to:

• The ß ligature (German letter for double "s")
• Stainless steel, a metal alloy
• Sterling silver, a metal alloy
• Surface structure, a level of the mental representation of language in linguistics
• Sea Scout, a member of the Scouting movement, with emphasis on water-based activities
• Settleable solids in wastewater, which contribute to the blocking of sewer pipes.
• Slave select, a control line for the Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
• Society of Saint-Sulpice, in that the initials "S.S." after a person's name may indicate membership therein
• Solar system, star system around the Sun
• Spread Spectrum, a communications technique (FHSS, DSSS, CDMA), usually used for wireless
• Strong Sad, a character in Homestar Runner.
• SuperShadow, the internet alias of a controversial Star Wars fan
• Sum of squares, a mathematical equation used in statistics
• Suspended solids, an aspect of water quality.
• SubSpace, a popular space shooter game that proved the viability of Massively Multiplayer games
• Swisher Sweets, an American cigar company.
• SpySheriff and/or SpywareStrike, rogue anti-spyware applications.
• Super Stealth, a Primary Racial Trait in the 4X-type computer game Stars!
• A different way to name an XS clothing size.
• Speed Seduction, an NLP based method for men.
• A Screenshot, an image taken by the computer to record the visible items on the monitor or another visual output device.
• Seventh Sanctum, a popular website of random generators
• Abbrivation for Silver Surfer a Marvel comícs character

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