Difference between revisions of "Ship naming conventions"
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* [[USS Enterprise (1831)]] | * [[USS Enterprise (1831)]] | ||
* [[USS Enterprise (1874)]] | * [[USS Enterprise (1874)]] | ||
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* [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)]] | * [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)]] | ||
* [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)]] | * [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)]] | ||
Revision as of 02:19, July 23, 2007
Within the United States Navy, all ships begin with the designation of USS. This was established by Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt. Originally the designations where:
Of these, only the USS remains in use.
Following the name of the ship, the hull classification and hull number are written in parentheses. If the ship was launched before the hull classification, it is often written with the year of the launch. This helps distinguish different ships with the same name. For example, the Enterprise: