Abbreviations
AAF Army Air Force ACE American Council on Education ACOTP Assistant Captain of the Port ADMIN Administrative ADU Aircraft Delivery Units AEDO Aviation Engineering Duty Officer AIC Army Industrial College ALNAV Message to all naval units ANEPA Army and Navy Electronics Production Agency ANMB Army-Navy Munitions Board AP Armor-piercing APL Applied Physics Laboratory AQE Ammunition Quality Evaluation ASO Aviation Supply Office ASRA Air-Sea Rescue Agency ASW Anti-submarine Warfare ASWORG Anti-submarine Warfare Operational Research Group ATC Air Transport Command BAMS Broadcast to Allied Merchant Ships BB Battleship BuAer Bureau of Aeronautics BuDocks Bureau of Yards and Docks BuMed Bureau of Medicine and Surgery BuNav Bureau of Navigation BuOrd Bureau of Ordnance BuPers Bureau of Naval Personnel BuSandA Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (also BuS&A) BiuShips Bureau of Ships C&R Construction and Repair (Bureau) CAPT Captain CBMU Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CDR Commander CEC Civil Engineer Corps
CFR Code of Federal Regulations CGS Coast and Geodetic Survey Ch. Chairman CinCLant Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic CinCMed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean CinCPac Commander-in-Chief, Pacific CinCPOA Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas CinCSPWA Commander-in-Chief, Southwest Pacific Areas CinCUS Commander-in-Chief, U.S> Fleet CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps CMP Controlled Materials Plan CMR Committee on Medical Research CNO Chief of Naval Operations CO Commanding Officer Com Air Pac Commander Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet COMDR Commander COMDT Commandant COMMO Commodore COMSERVRON Commander Service Squadron COMSOPAC Commander South Pacific COMWESEAFRON Commander, Western Sea Frontier COTP Captain of the Port CPA Civilian Personnel Administration CPFF Cost-plus-fixed-fee CRD Coordinator of Research and Development CTF Commander Task Group CVE Aircraft Carrier Escort DCNO (Air) Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air DCPD District Civilian Personnel Director DCPO District Civilian Personnel Officer DD Destroyer DE Destroyer Escort DNC Director of Naval Communications DOD Department of Defense ED (or EDO) Engineer Duty Officer EXOS Executive Office of Secretary FADM Fleet Admiral FEA Foreign Economic Administration ff. and following pages
FMF Fleet Marine Force GAO General Accounting Office GINA General Inspector of Naval Aircraft GO General Order GPO Government Printing Office HC High Capacity (shells) HO Hydrographic Office IADB Inter-American Defense Board IAP Integrated Aeronautic Program IATCB Interdepartment Air Traffic Control Board IBM International Business Machine IMP Industrial Mobilization Plan INA Inspector fo Naval Aircraft JAG Judge Advocate General JBUSDC Joint Brazilian-United States Defense Commission JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JMUSDC Joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission JNW Joint Committee on New weapons and Equipment LCC Landing Control Craft LCDR Lieutenant Commander LCI Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCT Landing Craft Tank L-L Act Lend-Lease Act LOPU Logistic Organization Planning Unit LORAN Long Range Navigation System LSM(R) Landing Ship, Medium (rockets) LST Landing Ship Tank LT Lieutenant LTA Lighter-than-Air LT(jg) Lieutenant, junior grade LVT Landing vehicle, tracked LVTA Landing vehicle, tracked, armored (armored amphibian) MarCorps Marine Corps MCA Material Coordinating Agency MF-DF Medium frequency radio direction finders MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, MSS Manuscript, manuscripts NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NALO Navy Amphibious Landing Operations NAS National Academy of Sciences NATS Naval Air Transport Service NCPI Navy Civilian Personnel Instructions NDAC National Defense Advisory Commission NDRC National Defense Research Committee NIC National Inventors Council NIO Naval Inspector of Ordnance NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act NLDF Naval Local Defense Forces NOL Naval Ordnance Laboratory NPF Naval Powder Factory NRA National Recovery Administration NRC National Research Council NRL Naval Research Laboratory NROTC Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps OCC Officer Candidate Class ODT Office of Defense Transportation OEM Office of Emergency management OFS Office of Field Service OGC Office of General Counsel OIR Office of Industrial Relations ONOP Office of Naval Officer Procurement ONR Office of Naval Research OPACS Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply O.P.&M. Office of Procurement and Material OPM Office of Production Management OSRD Office of Scientific Research and Development P&A (Service) Procurement and Assignment Service PFCO Position Field Classification Officer PG Postgraduate PH Pearl Harbor PHS Public Health Service PLD Procurement Legal Division PM Prime Minister (Churchill) PRO Personnel Relations Officer PRP Production Requirement Plan
PS&M Division of Personnel Supervision and Management Racon Radar Beacon stations RAdm Rear Admiral RBNS Research Board for National Security R&D Research and Development RFC Reconstruction Finance Corporation ROC Reserve Officers Class SB2C Scout Bomber SCB Ship Characteristics Board SCGO Senior Coast Guard Officer SEAFRON Sea Frontier SECNAV Secretary of the Navy SECP Shore Establishment and Civilian Personnel Division SERFORPAC Service Force Pacific SERVRON Service Squadron SONYD Secretary's Office, Navy Yard Division SOSED Secretary's Office, Shore Establishment Division SPAB Supply, Priorities and Allocations Board SPARS Coast Guard Women's Reserve SSDB Shore Station Development Board SWINK State War Navy Coordinating Committee SWNCC State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee TCC Transportation Control Committee Typo Typographic USAFI United States Armed Forces Institute USC&GS United States Coast and Geodetic Survey USCG United States Coast Guar USMC United States Marine Corps USNAd United States Naval Academy USNR United States Naval Reserve USO United Services Organization VAdm Vice Admiral VIP Very important person VT Variable time (fuze) WAAC Women's Auxiliary Army Corps WAVE Naval Women's Reserve
WIB War Industries Board WMC War Manpower Commission WPB War Production Board WRB War Resources Board WSA War Shipping Administration YN1 Yeoman, first class, USN
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