Through the first part of The One Year War, the White Base's registration name was unknown to the Principality of Zeon forces, who referred to it by the codename Trojan Horse (木馬 Mokuba, "Wooden Horse", which is how the Trojan Horse is traditionally called in Greek), presumably because of its unusual equine shape.
After the war, it was re-designated with the model number MSC-02even though the ship itself was destroyed at A Baoa Qu.