Two pages from the March 1956 issue of All Hands (pages 56–57), presenting the official U.S. Navy list of ships and service craft organized by vessel type and designator code. Each entry gives the two-letter type symbol and the full vessel category name, from aircraft carriers (CV) and battleships (BB) through amphibious craft, service craft, and yard craft — a snapshot of the Navy’s organizational structure in the mid-1950s.
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