Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26091970-20150604000724/@comment-119.56.124.74-20150927090206

BBV is on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hull_classifications#B

And the very link you gave says that Carrier does NOT stand for "Carrier Vessel". It's an offshoot of cruiser classification so it actually means "Cruiser Voler", Voler being French for "to fly".