Not sure if the ship was named after it as well, but Permit A38 references a scene from an Asterix and Obelix animated film (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pass

Not sure if the ship was named after it as well, but Permit A38 references a scene from an Asterix and Obelix animated film (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Passierschein_A38; https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Passierschein_A38; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5kwSap9Ug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5kwSap9Ug). The comic series by René Goscinni and animated films were very popular in Europe, probably not so much in the US. Permit A38 refers to a scene where the protagonists are referred multiple times within a overly beaurocratic Roman administrative office, so it has become sort of synonymous with a Sysiphean task in German language (at least in limited circles).