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To: rich4eagle who wrote (235829)	3/11/2002 10:55:00 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Rich, While you may be correct regarding the "A" in CVA, I have my doubts. For over 20 years,aircraft carriers began with CV, why add an "A" in the 50's? And why did only attack carriers get an "A" added? I found that the first carrier to be associated with the designaiton of "CVA" was the USS United States CVA-58 (construction began and halted in 1949). She was designed to launch and recover bombers weighing as much as 50 tons. I also found that some of the first "Attack" aircraft were basically designed as medium range bombers (A-2 Savage, A-3 Skywarrior, A-5 Vigilante) meant to deliver nuclear bombs. I read that the "A" was dropped, when Attack Carriers had their mission expanded to include anti submarine warfare - and CVS's were retired.