Billy Yank
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Joined: 5/18/2000 From: Northern Virginia, USA Status: offline
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Originally posted by Voriax:
okay..BB is for battleship, CVB for large fleet carrier, CB is large cruiser.
My guess is that first 1 or 2 letters are the main class and the second a subclass. So BB = Battleship, battle. CVB = Carrier Vessel? Battle and CB = Cruiser, Battle
CA, the cruiser could be Cruiser, Armoured as such ship class was in use around WW1. CL = Cruiser, Light
PG, gunboat = Patrol, Gun. PGM, motor gunboat = Patrol, Gun, Motor. PF, frigate = Patrol, Frigate.
From what I've read, the second letter in BB, DD etc. doesn't stand for anything. The Navy standardized on 2 letter designations so the old one letter designations just got repeated. By the way, CV originally stood for Cruiser, aViation (CA was already used for Cruiser, Armored). I've never heard of a CVB, though I've heard of CVE (Escort) and CVN (Nuclear powered).
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