Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26091970-20150604000724/@comment-115.77.219.254-20150926062015

174.7.162.124 wrote:The designation of CVA, on the other hand, was not linked with the size of the vessel. The Essex-class, following post-war modernization, used the CVA designation. The ships of the Essex-class are comparable in dimensions to the Shokaku-class and Taiho. Instead, CVA referred to the carrier using an airgroup primarly for combat, not for anti-submarine (CVS), defense (CVE), nor use of helicopters (CVHA).

Considering that, in-game, Shoukaku and Taihou are not capable of arming for anti-submarine or carrying helicopters, the use of CVA would technically be correct. Though, by that definition, all of the game's standard fleet carriers could arguably use the CVA designation. As a fringe benefit, though CVA is meant to imply CV "Attack", it can be easily misread as CV "Armourerd". It could serve to distinguish Shoukaku and Taihou from the basic CV designation, as the in-game designation is slightly different.

Personally, I don't see a the logic behind "CVR", as it doesn't derive from any previously-used definition. The "-R" suffix in USN usage meant "Radar", used to differentiate DE, FF, and SS which had not usually carried radar like capital ships. Designation of CVA is bombing enemy base / fleet with long range heavy bombers, also is their main attack group, while jet fighters only serve as bombers's escort.

R usually mean "radar picket", not just radar because most of surface warship already have radar as defaust from the later half of war. But still have other ships without radar picket but still got R in the hull class: ACR (Armoured Cruiser), SSNR (Attack Submarine, which has anti-submarine role), LPR (High Speed Transport) v.v...