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U.S. Naval Vessels Type Designations

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on September 30th, 2010%

U.S. Navy WWII vessel type abbreviations from FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels, U.S. Navy Department, September 1943:

TYPE DESIGNATIONS: U.S. NAVAL VESSELS

PRINCIPAL COMBATANT TYPES

BB  Battleship
CB  Large Cruiser
CV Aircraft Carrier
CVL Aircraft Carrier (Light)
CVE Aircraft Carrier (Escort)
CA Heavy Cruiser
CL Light Cruiser
DD  Destroyer
DE Destroyer Escort Vessel
SS Submarine
SM Minelaying Submarine

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Italian Navy Ship Silhouettes

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on July 1st, 2010%

The following simplified Italian ship silhouettes show the profiles and relative sizes of the various classes of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers in the Italian Navy in WWII. The silhouettes are taken from the U.S. Navy manual FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels.

WW2 Italian Navy Ship Silhouettes

From top to bottom, ships shown are

  • Battleships-BB: Littorio Class; Cavour Class; Doria Class
  • Heavy Cruisers-CA: Bolzano; Gorizia
  • Light Cruisers-CL: Montecuccoli Class; Garibaldi Class; Luigi Class; Regolo Class
  • Destroyers-DD: Navigatore Class; Turbine Class; Spica Class; Grecale-Aviere Class

Source: FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels, U.S. Navy Department, September 1943.
 

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U.S. Navy Ship Silhouettes

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on June 3rd, 2010%

The WWII U.S. Navy manual FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels contained the following U.S. ship silhouettes showing the relative size of the various classes of aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers.

WW2 U.S. Navy Battleships and Cruisers

WW2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and Destroyers

From top to bottom, ships shown are

  • Battleships-BB: Iowa; South Dakota Class; Nevada; North Carolina Class; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Colorado Class; New Mexico Class; New York Class; Arkansas
  • Heavy Cruisers-CA: Northampton Class; New Orleans Class; Portland Class; Pensacola Class; Wichita; Baltimore Class
  • Light Cruisers-CL: Atlanta Class; Omaha Class; St. Louis; Brooklyn Class; Cleveland Class
  • Aircraft Carriers-CV-CVL-CVE: Saratoga-CA; Essex Class-CV; Enterprise-CV; Ranger-CV; Independence Class-CVL; Bogue, Sangamon, Prince William Classes-CVE; Long Island-CVE; Casablanca-CVE; Charger-CVE
  • Destroyers-DD: Mahan-Dunlap Classes; Gridley-Bagley Classes; Benham-Sims Classes; Benson-Livermore Classes; Fletcher Class; Porter Class; Somers Class; Farragut Class; Fletcher (Catapult) Class; Flush Deck Type; DE-1; DE-51

Source: FM 30-50: Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels, U.S. Navy Department, September 1943.
 

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