and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and...
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nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarine. SSN is the US Navy hull classification symbol for such vessels; the SS (as 'Ship Submersible') denotes a submarine...
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SSK was the United States Navy hull classification symbol for a diesel-electric submarine specialized for anti-submarine duties. SS indicated that the...
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Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships, which are similar to the United States Navy's hull classification symbol system...
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The list of hull classifications comprises an alphabetical list of the hull classification symbols used by the United States Navy to identify the type...
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Landing helicopter dock (redirect from LHD (hull classification symbol))
and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) use the term as a specific hull classification symbol. Examples of this kind of ship include the USN's Wasp class, French...
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Landing helicopter assault (redirect from LHA (hull classification symbol))
Landing helicopter assault (LHA) is the United States Navy's hull classification symbol for the general-purpose helicopter-carrying amphibious assault...
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Ballistic missile submarine (redirect from SSB (hull classification symbol))
patrol November 1960 – January 1961. (The United States Navy's hull classification symbols for nuclear ballistic missile submarines are SSBN – the SS denotes...
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Cruise-missile submarine (redirect from SSG (hull classification symbol))
alone as it may exit the atmosphere. The United States Navy's hull classification symbols for cruise missile submarines are SSG and SSGN – the SS denotes...
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Landing platform helicopter (redirect from LPH (hull classification symbol))
of landing craft is "not a principal function". For ships of this hull classification in the Royal Navy, LPH is a direct acronym for "Landing Platform...
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