Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Why the C in CV... Message-ID: <1991May29.011018.6650@amd.com> Date: 24 May 91 17:58:57 GMT References: <1991May24.030148.8661@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Lines: 19 Approved: military@amd.com From: Allan Bourdius Aircraft Carriers were called "CV" because they weren't called "aircraft carriers" at first, they were "aircraft cruisers." This is why the Lexington and Saratoga (CV's 2 and 3) were built with 8 8" guns in four twin-mount turrets. In fact, many countries refer to aircraft carriers as some type of cruiser. The Royal Navy called the Invincible-class of VSTOL carrier as a "anti-submarine cruiser" to get funding railroaded through Parliament. The Soviet Union classified the Kiev class as a "aircraft carrying cruiser" to circumvent the unofficial agreement that said no capital ships could pass through the Hellespont. This tactic has since been discarded with the advent of the Tiblisi class. -- Allan Bourdius [MIDN 2/C (Marine Option)/Brother, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity] ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu or 1069 Morewood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 The opinions in this post/mail are only those of the author, nobody else.