Why Aircraft Carriers Are CV, And Not AC? #shorts awl you need to know

Why the aircraft carriers are called CV, and Not AC? All you need to know is that when U.S. navy first start commissioning the aircraft carriers in early 20th century, the hull designation AC was already in use for Colliers or auxiliary colliers. Even the first US carrier the USS Langley CV-1, was converted from a collier, the USS Jupiter AC-3. But they could've use CA, carrier aircraft, right? But CA was also in use by Armoured cruisers, and later for heavy cruisers. According to one unproven theory, because the aircraft carriers were originally seen as cruisers, so the “C” derives from the Cruiser designation, and the “V” comes from the French word voler, meaning "to fly, or Volplane, meaning aircraft, which ship was intended to carry, so CV simply means Aviation Cruisers or flight cruisers. The Navy stopped using cruiser hulls for Carriers in the 1940’s, and instead created dedicated Fleet carrier hulls, similar to the ones we see today. Some say that V means fixed wing heavier than air aviation, making CV means Carrier fixed wing today. The modern carriers are abbreviated as CVNs or Carrier fixed wing nuclear, meaning the Carrier is powered by nuclear propulsion.

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[donutvlog]

I thought CV was Carrier vessel
So thx for clearing it up

[-Castial-]

Forgot about this , but thank you for reminding it again

[Diamond_Reptiles]

I always thought CV meant carrier vessel

[revanati]

Some of the first Carriers were converted cruisers and similarly sized merchant vessels, I always assumed that they were classed as cruisers.

[paulsteaven]

It would be better if he mentioned the Lexington class, after USS Langley (CV-1), the Lexington class were USN's next aircraft carrier and converted from battlecruiser.

USN didn't use cruiser hulls until WWII erupts in the form of Independence class light carriers that were converted from some Cleveland class light cruisers.

[DilanPolii]

Thought it was CV because of Carrier Vessel... 🤣

[randominternetguy]

Me when some misinformed soul says the abbreviation for aircraft carrier is AC:

[ssjgodgoku]

I always thought CV stands for Carrier Vessel.Interesting...

[Joshua_N-A]

The Brits called theirs "through-deck cruiser" because the MoD wouldn't give the money to procure as the word "aircraft carrier" means it's gonna be expensive.
The Russians called theirs "heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser due to Montreaux.

[kennyj]

I love thar shot of the Carrier turning hard to Port.

[AMD]

The cruiser hull story has another story behind it. The US Navy post WWI was in a naval arms race with other countries. Due to the costs the countries got together and signed various arms control agreements to control costs. These were the Washington and London series of treaties. At the time aircraft carriers were not seen as a major fleet unit but battle cruisers were. Due to the treaty limitations the US had to scrap the battle cruisers Lexington, Enterprise, and Saratoga that were being built, Instead the US was allowed to convert them into aircraft carriers, and thus the link to the cruiser designation. The Japanese did the same with some of their battle cruiser hulls such as the Akagi

[sebastianharris-aldred]

I presumed it meant "Carrier Vessel"

[AsbestosMuffins]

AC was Armored Cruiser, CV was the only free version of C-Something they had at the time. Its not strictly speaking Carrier Vessel, they just didn't have any free C-* combos that made sense

[troysemrau]

Armored cruisers were ACR. Heavy cruisers were CA. Prior to the redesignation of cruisers from protected and armored, protected cruisers were CA.

[jlsperling]

The classification system was set up in 1920.
Colliers were originally called "Fuel Vessels"

[tyman]

I always thought it stood carrier vessel

[helenathephantom]

The us stopped using cruiser hulls for carriers in the 30s USS Ranger Cv-4 was launched in 1933 and she was the first purpose built carrier

[raybin]

I've been always wondering about for the info!
😁👍

[robertdarnell]

Actually the CVN designation has nothing to do with the nuclear power plants on modern carriers, USS Enterprise (WW2 not the modern one) became the first CVN because she was outfitted with aircraft with their own radar for night fighting, the N means that the carrier is night operation capable, all modern carriers are CVN nowadays because all modern aircraft have their own radars

[billabong-znet]

They could have just used cv for carrier vessel