Glossary

AA	Antiaircraft fire
AP	Armor-piercing shell or bomb
ASP	Antisubmarine patrol
BatDiv	Battleship Division
BB	Battleship
Bogey(s)	Unidentified aircraft
CA	Heavy cruiser
CAP	Combat air patrol
CarDiv	Carrier Division
CCS	Combined Chiefs of Staff
CinCPac	Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
CL	Light cruiser
CL(AA)	Antiaircraft light cruiser
C.O.	Commanding Officer
CruDiv	Cruiser Division
CV	Aircraft carrier
CVE	Escort carrier
CVL	Light carrier
DD	Destroyer
DE	Destroyer escort
DesDiv	Destroyer Division
DesRon	Destroyer Squadron
FDO	Fighter director officer
Flak	Antiaircraft fire
GP	General-purpose bomb
Hedgehog	Type of throw-ahead missile launcher
HF/DF	High frequency direction finding
IFF	Identification, friend or foe
JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jink(ing)	To take evasive action in an aircraft
LCI(G)	Landing craft, infantry (gunboat)
LSO	Landing signal officer
LST	Landing ship, tank
Magic	Code name of project to decipher Japanese codes
OTC	Officer in tactical command
SAP	Semi-armor-piercing shell or bomb
TF	Task Force
TG	Task Group
TU	Task Unit
USA	United States Army
USMC	United States Marine Corps
USN	United States Navy
USS	United States Ship
VB	Navy bomber squadron or single plane
VF	Navy fighter squadron or single plane
VSB	Navy scout-bomber squadron or single plane
VSO	Navy scout-observation squadron or single plane
VT	Navy torpedo-bomber squadron or single plane
XCV	Japanese hybrid battleship/carrier; i.e. the Ise and the Hyuga

Aircraft Types

United States

Avenger	Grumman/General Motors TBF/TBM torpedo plane
Corsair	Vought F4U fighter
Dauntless	Douglas SBD dive bomber
Hellcat	Grumman F6F fighter
Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C dive bomber
Kingfisher	Vought OS2U float scout plane
Liberator	Consolidated B-24/PB4Y heavy bomber or patrol plane
Mariner	Martin PBM flying-boat
Seagull	Curtiss SOC float scout plane
Wildcat	Grumman/General Motors F4F/FM fighter

Japanese

Betty	Mitsubishi G4M attack bomber
Emily	Kawanishi H8K flying-boat
Frances	Yokosuka P1Y night fighter
Hamp	Mitsubishi A6M3 fighter; later called Zeke 32
Helen	Nakajima Ki-49 heavy bomber
Irving	Nakajima J1N1 reconnaissance plane or night fighter
Jack	Mitsubishi J2M fighter
Jake	Aichi E13A reconnaisance floatplane
Jill	Nakajima B6N torpedo bomber
Judy	Yokosuka D4Y dive bomber
Kate	Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber
Nick	Kawasaki Ki-45 fighter
Oscar	Nakajima Ki-43 fighter
Tojo	Nakajima Ki-44 fighter
Tony	Kawasaki Ki-61 fighter
Topsy	Mitsubishi L4M/Ki-57 transport
Val	Aichi D3A dive bomber
Zeke	Mitsubishi A6M fighter