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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brian Whisenhunt: [QB] It is possible that the registry would be changed to fit the needs. Originally U.S. aircraft carriers carried the designation CV for standard fleet carriers, then when other SIZES (not CLASSES) of carriers were added additional designations occurred. CVE for Escort Carrier, CVL for Light Carrier, CVB for Heavy carrier which was typ. till the end of WW2. Then came the CVA for attack carrier to signify the more modern angled deck carriers. With the advent of U.S.S. Enterprise, came CVA(N) to designate it as Nuclear and now just CVN. It is possible that the registry would denote the ships by TYPE and CLASS originally and then at some point the registry was changed to just a chronological hull reference number based on what was still flying at that time. A similar thing occured in aircraft designations from the 30's till today. Originally naval designations for aircraft denoted not only a TYPE, but the MANUFACTURER. Therefore a F4F was a Fighter v.4 from Grumman (F was the designation for Grumman then) while and F4D was a Fighter v.4 from Douglas. Later came the Century series aircraft of the 50's & 60's till the whole thing got rebooted back to where we are today F-14, F-15, F-16, F-22 [/QB][/QUOTE]
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