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Well, the various designators for carriers went something kinda like this:
The CVB designation was established within the original CV designation July 15, 1943
CVA replaced CV and CVB October 1,1952
CV and CVN replaced CVA and CVAN June 30,1975
The CVS designation was discontinued 1974.
The CVL designation was established within the original CV designation July 15,1943.
The CVL designation was discontinued May 15,1959.
The above information was shamelessly ripped off of Guy's website at warships1.com :blush
(warships1 is finally back up! Yay!)
As far as I know, the CA stood for Cruiser Armored or Cruiser, Heavy.
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