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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu
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Subject: Re: Definitions of naval vessel types?
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Date: 8 May 91 20:40:50 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu


eachus@largo.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes...
>battleships (BB) plus aircraft carriers (CV
>and CVA for auxiliary), submarines (SS) and support ships.

I'm sure that CVA means an attack carrier.  Many US carriers had this designa-
tion until the retirement of WWII-era carriers dedicated to ASW meant their
planes were put onto remaining carriers, making them multi-mission carriers.

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