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Re:The reasons HMS Queen Elizabeth has two ‘islands’ by astrodust on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:38PM (#15012636)
Support carriers had a different naming system and a CVE prefix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_esc...

They're much smaller and less sophisticated than the fleet carriers, but the US built a metric shitton of them during WWII and they were essential in projecting air power.

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Re:The reasons HMS Queen Elizabeth has two ‘islands’ by kakwa_ on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:22PM (#15013564)
As a side note, to illustrate their lesser "sophistication", they got the following nickname:

Combustible Vulnerable and Expendable (CVE).

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Re:The reasons HMS Queen Elizabeth has two ‘islands’ by TrickyRick on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:11AM (#15015928)
Oh wow, I had no idea. Thanks!
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