AA |
antiair |
AP |
armor piercing |
ASV |
air surface vessel (radar) |
ASW |
antisubmarine warfare |
BR |
British |
CDN |
Canadian |
D1 |
superficial or splinter damage |
D2 |
moderate damage with combat or maneuvering ability not significantly impaired |
D3 |
significant damage with combat or maneuvering ability impaired |
D4 |
major damage with combat or maneuvering ability eliminated |
DP |
dual purpose |
FL |
full load (displacement) |
FS |
flagship |
GE |
German |
GK |
Greek |
GRT |
gross registered tons |
high angle |
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HE |
high explosive (or high effect) |
HMSO |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
IFF |
Identification Friend or Foe |
MHQ |
Military History Quarterly |
NO |
Norwegian |
NZ |
New Zealand |
OSS |
(U.S.) Office of Strategic Services |
PO |
Polish |
RCN |
Royal Canadian Navy |
RN |
Royal Navy |
RO |
Rumanian |
RSI |
Repubblica Sociale Italiana (Italian Social Republic) |
SAP |
semi-armor-piercing |
SB |
shore battery |
SO |
Soviet |
US |
United States |
USAAF |
United States Army Air Force |
USMM |
Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare |
USN |
U.S. Navy |
X MAS |
Tenth Light Flotilla, or Decima Flottiglia MAS |
Ship Types
AMC |
armed merchant cruiser |
BB |
battleship |
BC |
battle cruiser |
BM |
monitor |
CA |
heavy cruiser |
CB |
coastal battleship (obsolete) |
CL |
light cruiser |
CLA |
antiair light cruiser |
CV |
aircraft carrier |
CVE |
escort carrier |
destroyer |
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DC |
corvette/sloop |
DF |
frigate |
DE |
destroyer escort |
DL |
large destroyer (French contre-torpilleur) |
DS |
sloop |
GB |
gunboat |
LST |
landing ship, tank |
MAS |
motoscafi armati siluranti or motoscafi anti sommergibili (Italian motor torpedo boat) |
MFP |
Marinefährprahm (German armed barge or “F” lighter) |
ML |
minelayer or motor launch |
MMS |
motor minesweeper |
MS |
minesweeper |
MS |
motosiluranti (large Italian motor torpedo boat) |
MTB |
motor torpedo boat |
MTM |
motoscafo turismo modificato (Italian explosive motorboat) |
MZ |
motozattere da sbarco (Italian armed barge or “F” lighter) |
OBB |
old battleship |
PB |
patrol boat |
PC |
submarine chaser (USN) |
PT |
patrol torpedo boat (USN) |
R-boat |
raumboote (German motor minesweeper) |
S-boat |
schnellboote (German motor torpedo boat or “E” boat) |
SC |
submarine chaser |
SS |
submarine |
TA |
torpedoboote auslandisch or foreign torpedo boat |
TB |
torpedo boat |
UJ-boat |
unterseebootsjäger (German submarine chaser) |
VAS |
vedette antisommergibili (Italian submarine chaser) |
V-boat |
vorpostenboote (German patrol boat) |