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From: howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Naval Craft Designations
Summary: OBB from WWII USN manual
Keywords: A request for a listing.
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Date: 2 May 89 03:29:47 GMT
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From: howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz)

In article <6026@cbnews.ATT.COM>, vrdxhq!vrdxhq.verdix.com!bsmart@uunet.UU.NET (Bob Smart) writes:
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> From: vrdxhq!vrdxhq.verdix.com!bsmart@uunet.UU.NET (Bob Smart)
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> In article <5982@cbnews.ATT.COM>, howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz) writes:
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> > OBB:    Old Battleship (basically WWII term for WWI ships)
>  
> This is one I can find no acceptance of Breyer doesnt mention it ( he does 
> mention the BBG project and I cannot find any other references to it. I would
> imagine that if it was used it would be BBO.

My source for this was a loose-leaf USN ship recognition manual
from WWII; my mother (then running the airframe maintenance course)
"liberated" it from the school library after the war.

OBB was used for elderly German battleships (I remember the 
Schleswig-Holstein; there were a few others), to distinguish
them from modern ones such as Tirpitz.

As far as I know, OBB's saw no action.

[mod.note: Schliesen served WWII as a training ship; Schleswig-Holstein
did likewise, but had the distinction of firing the first shots of WWII
as it shelled Danzig, 1 Sept, 1939. - Bill ]

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