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Bubblehead1980
05-30-22, 02:31 PM
USN often used abbreviations for ships...DD=Destroyer CV-Aircraft Carrier, etc.

What was the designation for Auxiliary Cruiser in WW II?
KaleunMarco
05-30-22, 03:27 PM
USN often used abbreviations for ships...DD=Destroyer CV-Aircraft Carrier, etc.

What was the designation for Auxiliary Cruiser in WW II?

the merchant marine installed older, leftover cannons, when available, to ward off surfaced U-boats but that is not really an auxiliary cruiser and the US Navy never bought into that concept.

our armed transport/cargo ships were AK's. i think that is as close as we came to an auxiliary cruiser. (lol)
Bubblehead1980
05-30-22, 11:57 PM
the merchant marine installed older, leftover cannons, when available, to ward off surfaced U-boats but that is not really an auxiliary cruiser and the US Navy never bought into that concept.

our armed transport/cargo ships were AK's. i think that is as close as we came to an auxiliary cruiser. (lol)


Right but the enemy had them and US had a abbreviation for them I am sure( I recall seeing one somewhere) but have not been able to find out.
KaleunMarco
05-31-22, 12:05 AM
Right but the enemy had them and US had a abbreviation for them I am sure( I recall seeing one somewhere) but have not been able to find out.

you got me on that one....no idea what we called them, unless you mean Q-ships...which i would not call an auxiliary cruiser.