ehr@uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl) (09/19/89)
From: Ernest H. Robl <ehr@uncecs.edu>
Thanks to all of you who emailed me responses to my inquiry about
U.S. Navy ship numbering/identification.
Most of you pointed out the same general things:
-- "A" means auxilliary (non front-line combat) ships and is
implied in the designation of ships. In other words, SR 6
really means ASR 6.
-- Combat ships do not have type designations on hulls, only
numbers; auxilliary ships do have the letter designation.
-- Aviation ships (carriers, etc.) have the number on the island,
rather than on the hull.
-- The reason that some of the ships that I saw in Norfolk may not
have had hull numbers is that (a) they may have been new; (b)
they may have been in the process of being repainted with the
numbers not applied yet; or (c) they may have been inactive
ships.
-- Janes -- available in most large libraries (Yes, I *do* work in
a large library) has additional information on the various ship
designations.
-- Ernest
My opinions are my own and probably not IBM-compatible.--ehr
Ernest H. Robl (ehr@ecsvax) (919) 684-6269 w; (919) 286-3845 h
Systems Specialist (Tandem System Manager), Library Systems,
027 Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706 U.S.A.