How to interpret ship abbreviations?
 

SH3 Uses US Ship Hull Classification Code to Label it's filese,e.g. NSS NATF.SS means submarine,ATF means tug boat what about "N" Navy???And what about NPTL?

I'll be doing an upgrade to my 'Ship Names' mod pretty soon, which will automatically assign real ship classes to the names.

It doesnt seems to follow any well defiend rules and with all modlers naming/editing files in their own way this area is a mess.

In real life a ship class was usually named after the first ship of the class to be launched, or be commissioned. I've even seen on class named for three different function. About five years ago I assigned a large number of classes to reflect the 'First Ship' commissioned. I intend to start up again, and the first thing I'm doing is to assign class names in a way that will coincide historically with the real naming practice.

That's really good to hear, SS. Working from memory here.... Will the process be via SH3 Commander?