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"Grumman-581" wrote "Wolfie" wrote ... The Indianapolis was a CA, not a CV, and certainly not a CVN. ;p (CA is a cruiser designation. CVs are carriers, with CVN being the designation for a nuclear-propulsion carrier.) There also was the CVA (USS America)... Well, not "the" but, yes, CVA was also used for carriers. It replaced both CV (aircraft carrier) and CVB (aircraft carrier, large) designations. Later the Navy returned to CV (and CVN) instead of the CVA and CVAN designations as the light (CVL) and support (CVS) carriers were retired from the force structure. Carrier designations: ACV, AVG, AVT, CV, CVA, CVAN, CVB, CVE, CVGH, CVH, CVL, CVN, CVS, and CVV. Some ships had multiple designations as the Navy changed designations to match the force structure. |
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"Grumman-581" wrote: There also was the CVA (USS America)... And for what it's worth, USS Nimitz was originally CVAN-68. -- Larry Fransson Aviation software for Mac OS X! http://www.subcritical.com |
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