Yes, Bonnie Dick became the preferred nickname at some point.
My dad was a plank owner on Yorktown, CV10. She was planned to be named BHR, but Ernie King decided that after Midway, there should be a Yorktown.
When we went with him to the opening at Patriots Point, a lot of people who had sailed on Yorktown attended.
Those old salts had irreverent nicknames for all the carriers. Intrepid was " the EVil I".
Belleau Wood was Morning Wood. Etc.
"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.