Ship Hull Designations

Confederacy Ship Hull Designations

   Most government vessels large enough to be called a 'ship' are assigned a "hull number" which is a combination of alphabetic type code and hull serial number.  Note that for most series, the hull numbers start from a designated first number, often '1' or '100' or '101' or similar.   Many of the type codes were copied from the US Navy/NATO hull designation system.  That system was created in 1921 for use by the US Navy and was adopted with few changes by all NATO navies after World War 2 and NATO's creation.
   The following list shows all hull type codes used by the Confederacy Navy during the Swarm War.

(This list is incomplete -ZM User (talk) 21:05, 23 April 2024 (PDT))

AGS - Auxiliary, General-Purpose, Surveying and Exploring

• 001-030 KTreel Explorer Class

AP - Auxiliary, Personnel Transport

• 001-233+ Aurora Class

APC - Auxiliary, Personnel Transport, Courier

• 001-071+ Courier Class

APM - Auxiliary, Personnel Transport, Medium

• 001-101+ Kilo Class

AVT - Auxiliary, aViation, Tender

• Lawrence Class

BC - Battlecruiser

• Emperor Class

BCB - Battlecruiser, Beerat (source)

• 001-008 Kongo Class

CC - Cruiser, Command

• 001-014+ Goddess Class (used as BCE, escort battlecruiser)
• 050-060+ Hero Class (used as BC, battlecruiser)

CH - Cruiser, Heavy

• Sirius Class

CHB - Cruiser, Heavy, Beerat (source)

• Kent Class

CL - Cruiser, Light

• 001-037+ Europa Class

CNV (I have no idea what this code means -ZM)

• 101-112 Mercury Class

CSS - "Captured Sa'arm Ship"

• CSS Stone

CV - Small-Craft Carrier (Note 1)

CVI - Small-Craft Carrier, Illustrious Class

• 001-065+ Illustrious Class

DD - Destroyer

• 001-046+ Africa Class
• 101-137+ Asian Class

DE - Destroyer Escort

• 001- ~200 Castle (actually 'Patrol Corvettes')
• 1000-2999 Ainsworth Class (actually 'Patrol Corvettes')

LFR - Landing Support, Fire Support Ship, Railgun

• 001-041+ Absecon Class

PCM - Patrol/Combatant, Missile

• 001-078+ Archerfish

   Note 1: The hull type code "CV" is a leftover from the US Navy's original type code system created in 1921.  At that time, naval aircraft were of marginal use and their motherships were assigned to the scouting fleet as scout cruisers with really long-range binoculars.  Ergo, their designation as "Cruiser, aViation". "CA" would have made more sense but "CA" was already in use for "Cruiser, Armored (heavy)".  By the time aircraft carriers were recognized as a major combatant class in the 1930s, the designation "CV" was already entrenched.