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Tailcodes 1945 - 1946

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Dispatch No. 061121

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On 27. July 1945 a new System of single or double letters was adopted. These letters were to be at least 24 inches high and applied in white on both sides ofd the vertical tail, upper right and lower left wing tips.

 

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CC

 CV-3 USS Saratoga

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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PP

 CV-4 USS Ranger

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   M

CV-6 USS Enterprise

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   F CV-9 USS Essex

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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RR

 CV-10 USS Yorktown

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   E CV-11 USS Intrepid

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   S CV-12 USS Hornet

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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LL

 CV-13 USS Franklin

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

Not in use
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   V CV-14 USS Ticonderoga

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   L CV-15 USS Randolph

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   H CV-16 USS Lexington

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   Y CV-17 USS Bunker Hill

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

Not in use
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   X CV-18 USS Wasp

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   U CV-19 USS Hancock

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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TT

CV-20 USS Bennington

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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ZZ

CV-21 USS Boxer

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   D

CVL-22 USS Independence

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   P

CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   A

CVL-25 USS Cowpens

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   C

CVL-26 USS Monterey

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   K

CVL-27 USS Langley

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   R

CVL-28 USS Cabot

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   T

CVL-29 USS Bataan

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   B

CVL-30 USS San Jacinto

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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 SS

CV-31
USS Bon Homme Richard

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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   W

CV-36 USS Antietam

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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   Z

CV-38 USS Shangria La

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

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AA

CV-39 USS Lake Champlain

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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 YY

CVB-41 USS Midway

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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 FF

CVB-42 USS F. D. Roosevelt

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

 
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 EE

CVB-43 USS Coral Sea

27. July 1945
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8. January 1946

Not in use
Commissioned 1. October 1947
                   
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last update 12. February 2021

written  1. February 2021

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