Navy ships became the standard for aircraft carriers, with the exception of: Like battlecruisers, the names of battles or famous U.S. USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first purpose-made carrier.
Aircraft carriers (AV, CV, CVL and CVA), the Navy's first carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), was converted from a collier, while carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) were started as battlecruisers but were also converted to carriers due to the Washington Naval Treaty. If a ship is reclassified, for example a destroyer is converted to a mine layer, it retains its original name. However, elements had existed since before his time. Sailing-vessels of the first class shall be named after the States of the Union, those of the second class after the rivers, those of the third class after the principal cities and towns and those of the fourth class as the President may direct.įurther clarification was made by executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. The vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy under direction of the President according to the following rule: 
Code, enacted in that year, reads, in part, Navy were established by congressional action at least as early as 1862. United States ship naming conventions for the U.S. For the Wikipedia guideline, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships).
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