From Thu Mar 12 11:13:30 1998
>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 97 18:49 +0100
>Subject: RE: USS Carter Hall
>To: mahan@microwrks.com
>X-Sender: 0611603955-0001@t-online.de
>From: BWV_Wiesbaden@t-online.de (Tim Lanzendoerfer)
>Precendence: bulk
>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
>Reply-To: mahan@microworks.net
>
> >Actually, Carter Hall (LSD-50), technically it is a “dock landing ship,”
> >not a “landing ship dock.” Remember, the alpha-numeric hull designation
> >system (first implemented on 17 July 1920) is not simply abbreviations
> >(i.e. think of CVs).
>
>I always thought one might render CV as “carrier vessel”. The problem is more
>with BBs and DDs.
>
>Tim

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