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Old 05-30-22, 02:31 PM   #1
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Default WW II designation for Aux Cruiser

USN often used abbreviations for ships...DD=Destroyer CV-Aircraft Carrier, etc.

What was the designation for Auxiliary Cruiser in WW II?
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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)
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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.
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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.
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