What makes a modern warship or naval aircraft look silly

What does the panel consider the silliest warship or naval aircraft of the last 120 years?

The Littoral Combat Ship is the leading answer for weak design rationale, while ekranoplans and several experimental aircraft compete on appearance and engineering excess.

The question asks for the silliest ship or naval aircraft of the last 120 years, and the panel cannot settle on one criterion. The Littoral Combat Ship ranks highly because some speakers doubt that its final form retained a coherent reason for its design choices. Caspian Sea ekranoplans and the Vought flying pancake look stranger, while the XF-84H Thunderscreech and enormous German flying boats represent extreme attempts to solve real technical problems. The discussion distinguishes an unconventional design with a valid mission from one whose compromises no longer make sense. Silliness therefore combines appearance, engineering excess, and the quality of the requirement behind the machine.