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| BOSAMAR logo: USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73) takes a pounding from the IJN heavy cruiser CHIKUMA |
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| These abbreviations are used throughout the website and my Online Book (opens in a separate window) |
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| For Rank and Rate Abbreviations go here | |
| AA | Anti Aircraft |
| A/C | Author's Comment |
| ADM | Admiral |
| AKA | Also Known As |
| AP | Armor Piercing |
| ASP | Anti Submarine Patrol |
| BATDIV | Battleship Division |
| BB | Battleship |
| CA | Cruiser (heavy) |
| cal | caliber (gun) |
| CAP | Combat Air Patrol |
| CAPT | Captain |
| CARDIV | Carrier Division |
| CDR | Commander |
| CL | Light Cruiser |
| CF | Centre Force |
| CIC | Combat Information Center |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| COM | Commander |
| CPO | Chief Petty Officer |
| CRUDIV | Cruiser Division |
| CTF | Commander Task Force |
| CTG | Commander Task Group |
| CTU | Commander Task Unit |
| CV | Aircraft (fleet) Carrier |
| CVL | Light Carrier |
| CVE | Escort Carrier |
| DD | Destroyer |
| DE | Destroyer Escort |
| DESRON | Destroyer Squadron |
| DP | Dual purpose (gun) |
| DRT | Dead Reckoning Trace |
| DY | Dockyard |
| E | East |
| ENS | Ensign |
| F | Fahrenheit |
| F | Full (displacement) |
| F6F | Hellcat Fighter plane (Grumman) |
| FD | A type of surface radar |
| FEAF | Far East Air Force |
| FM | A type of chemical Smoke |
| FM2 | Wildcat Fighter plane (General Motors) |
| FS | A type of chemical smoke |
| GHQ | General Headquarters (Japanese) |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GP | General purpose (gun) |
| GQ | General Quarters |
| HIJMS | His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Ship |
| I | India time zone (GMT +9) |
| IFD | Type of communications network |
| IJN | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| LCDR | Lieutenant Commander |
| LCI | Landing Craft Infantry |
| LT | Lieutenant |
| MK | Mark |
| N | Normal (displacement) |
| N | North |
| NE | Northeast |
| NM | Nautical miles |
| NW | Northwest |
| NY | Naval Yard |
| oa | overall |
| PC | Patrol Craft |
| pp | between perpenddiculars |
| RADM | Rear Admiral |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
| RPT | Repeat |
| S | South |
| S | Standard (displacement) |
| SAP | Semi-Armor-Piercing (bomb) |
| SC | A type of American air warning radar |
| SCR | Set, Complete, Radio |
| SE | Southeast |
| SG | A type of American surface search radar |
| SK | A type of American surface search radar |
| SS | Submarine |
| SSE | South-southeast |
| SW | Southwest |
| T | True (bearing) |
| T1 | Taffy 1 |
| T2 | Taffy 2 |
| T3 | Taffy 3 |
| TBF | Torpedo Bomber (Grumman) |
| TBM | Torpedo Bomber (General Motors) |
| TBS | Talk Between Ship |
| TCAP | Target Combat Air Patrol |
| TF | Task Force |
| TG | Task Group |
| TT | Torpedo tubes |
| TU | Task Unit |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USNR | United States Naval Reserve |
| USS | United States Ship |
| VADM | Vice Admiral |
| VC | Composite Squadron |
| VF | Fighter plane/squadron designation |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VT | Torpedo plane/squadron designation |
| W | West |
| WGT | Westinghouse Geared Turbine (type of DE) |
| wl | waterline |
| Z | Zulu time zone (GMT) |
