A
AA Anti-Aircraft
AAW Anti-Air Warfare
AAWC Anti-Air Warfare Commander
ACD Automatic Clutter Detection
ACDS Advanced Combat Direction System
ACM Anti-ship Cruise Missile
ADT Automatic Detection and Tracking
AEW Airborne Early Warning
AFB Air Force Base
AFWR Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AP Armor Piercing
ARRS Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
ASAC Airborne Surveillance and Control
ASCM Anti-ship Cruise Missile
ASMD Anti-Ship Missile Defense
ASROC Anti-Submarine Rocket
ASUW Anti-Surface Warfare
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
ASWEX Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise
AW Alpha Whisky (Task Force 77 at Yankee Station)
B
BARCAP Barrier Combat Air Patrol
BFIT Battle Force Inport Training
BIT Built-In Test
BIW Bath Iron Works
BECCE Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercises
BOQ Bachelor Officers Quarters
BT Builder’s Trials. Beam-rider Tail, Boiler Technician
BUORD Bureau of Ordnance
BUSHIPS Bureau of Ships
BVP Beacon Video Processor
BW Beamrider, Wing
C
CAP Combat Air Patrol
CASREP Casualty Repair
CBT Continuous Boat Track
CDS Combat Direction System, Comprehensive Display System
CEC Cooperative Engagement Capability
CHAFFROC Chaff Rocket
CHENG Engineering Officer
CIC Combat Information Center
CICO CIC Officer
CINCLANTFLT Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet
CINCPAC Commander in Chief Pacific
CINCPACFLT Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet
CINCPACAF Commander in Chief Pacific
CIWS Close-In Weapons System
CMS Control Systems Material
COMCRUDESLANT Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, US Atlantic Fleet
COMDESRON Commander Destroyer Squadron
COMSIXTHFLT Commander Sixth Fleet
COMSUBRON Commander Submarine Squadron
CONUS Continental United States
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
COH Complex Overhaul
COMNAVFORV Commander Naval Forces Vietnam
COMNAVSOUTH Commander, Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe
CPA Central Pulse Amplifier
CPO Chief Petty Officer
CRB Change Review Board
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CRUDESLANT Cruiser Destroyer Atlantic (Fleet)
CSAR Combat Search And Rescue
CSMTC Combat System Maintenance Training Center
CSRR Combat Systems Readiness Review
CSSQT Combat System System Qualification Test
CTF Carrier Task Force
CWO Chief Warrant Officer
D
DASH Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter
DATAR Digital Automated Tracking and Resolving System
DC Damage Control
DCA Damage Control Assistant
DDSOT Daily Digital Systems Operability Tests
DLOS Disturbed Line Of Sight
DNSI/NTPI Defense Nuclear Surety Inspection/Nuclear Technical Proficiency Inspection
DS Data System (Technician)
DSDS Dynamic Synchro Data Source
DSOT Daily Systems Operability Tests
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
E
ECC Electronic Casualty Control
ECM Electronic Counter Measures
EDS Electronic Data System
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
EM Electricians Mate
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
ER Extended Range
ERA Engineering Research Associates
ESM/ASMD Electronic Support Measure/Anti-Ship Missile Defense
ET Electronics Technician
EW Electronic Warfare (Technician)
F
FCP Field Change Proposal
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FROG Free Rocket Over Ground
FRUIT False Replies Uncorrelated In Time
FT Fire Control Technician
G
GFCS Gun Fire Control System
GITMO Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
GOT Gulf of Tonkin
GQ General Quarters
GPS Global Positioning System
H
HCO Helicopter Operations
HMAS Her Majesty’s Australian Ship
HMS Her Majesty’s Ship
HT Homing, Tail
I
IDAC Interconnecting Digital to Analog Converter
IFF/SIF Identification Friend Foe/Selective Identification Feature
IMAV Intermediate Maintenance Availability
INCSEA U.S. Soviet Incident at Sea
INSURV Inspection and Survey
L
LAAWC Local Anti-Air Warfare Commander
LAMPS Light Airborne Multipurpose System
LDMX Local Digital Message Exchange
LEDET Law Enforcement Detachment
LEO Law Enforcement Operation
LSO Landing Signal Officer
M
MACS Marine Air Control Squadron
MDS Minimum Discernible Signal
MFCS Missile Fire Control System
MIF Maritime Interdiction Force
MM Machinists Mate
MRI Material Readiness Inspection
MTB Motorized Torpedo Boat
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MTDS Marine Tactical Data System
MTI Moving Target Indicator
MTU Magnetic Tape Unit
N
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NAS Naval Air Station
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVMACS Naval Modular Automated Communications System
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSHIPS Naval Ship Systems Command
NAVSECNORDIV Naval Ship Engineering Center, Norfolk Division
NCS Net Control Ship
NELC Naval Electronics Laboratory Center
NGFS Naval Gunfire Support
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSA National Security Agency
NSAR North Search and Rescue
NTDS Naval Tactical Data System
NTU New Threat Upgrade
NVA North Vietnamese Army
NWAI Nuclear Weapons Acceptance Inspection
O
OOD Officer Of the Deck
OPAREA Operating Area
OPFCO Operational Program Functional Checkout
OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OPPE Operation Propulsion Plant Exam
OPTEVFOR Operational Test and Evaluation Force
ORDALT Ordnance Alteration
ORDSAT Ordinance Systems Assist Team
ORE Operational Readiness Evaluation
ORI Operational Readiness Inspection
P
PAT Preliminary Acceptance Trials
PCO Prospective Commanding Officer
PD Point Detonating
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PIRAZ Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone
PMS Planned Maintenance System
PNSY Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
PMS Planned Maintenance System
POD Plan Of the Day
POFA Programmed Operational Functional Appraisals
POM Preparations for Overseas Movement
POW Petty Officer of the Watch, Prisoner of War
PPI Planned Position Indicator
PU Participating Unit
PRC Peoples Republic of China
PSA Post Shakedown Availability
Q
QAST Quality Assurance Systems Test
R
RAC Radar Azimuth Converter
RAF Royal Air Force
RCN Royal Canadian Navy
RD Radarman
RM Radionam
RESCAP Rescue Combat Air Patrol
RF Radio Frequency
ROH Regular Overhaul
RTC Real Time Clock
RSDS Radar Signal Distribution Switchboard
S
SAGE Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
SAR Search and Rescue
SCAT System Calibration and Alignment Tests
SEALORDS Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River and Delta
SHP Shaft Horse Power
SIMA Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activities
SINKEX Sink Exercise
SIT System Integration Test
SM Standard Missile
SMI Supply Management Inspection
SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
SORT Ship’s Operational Readiness Tests
SOSMRC Senior Officer Steam Machinery Refresher Course
SQAT Ship Qualification Assist Team
SQT Ship Qualification Trial
SRA Selected Restricted Availability
SSAR South Search and Rescue
SSORT Ship Systems Operational Readiness Tests
SSOSS Soviet Strategic Ocean Surveillance System
SUPPRAD Supplemental Radio
SWC Ship’s Weapons Coordinator
SWTW Surface Warfare Training Week (SWTW
T
TACAN TACtical Air Navigation
TAO Tactical Action Officer
TDS Tactical Data System
TG Task Group
TBMD Theater Ballistic Missile Defense
TSAM Training Surface to Air Missile
TYCOM Type Command
U
UNREP Underway Replenishment
USAF United States Air Force
USMC United States Marine Corp
USN United States Navy
V
VACAPES OPAREA Virginia Capes Operating Area
VERTREP Vertical Replenishment
VLS Vertical Launching System
W
WCP Weapon Control Panel
WDS Weapons Direction System
WESTPAC Western Pacific
WSAT Weapons Systems Accuracy Team, Weapons System Alignment Tests
X
XOI Executive Officer Investigation
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