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von Poop · 07-06-2007, 06:58 PM

Can someone please explain to me all this American 'CV', 'BB' etc. terminology for ship types?
It crops up a lot in a particular wargame (HOI) and as I can't follow the nomenclature I tend to avoid the naval side completely.
Cheers,
Adam.

07-06-2007, 06:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,474	Can someone please explain to me all this American 'CV', 'BB' etc. terminology for ship types? It crops up a lot in a particular wargame (HOI) and as I can't follow the nomenclature I tend to avoid the naval side completely. Cheers, Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.