what does the us navy ship id CVN75 mean?

Answer 1

Everyone hit it on the nose, so here in some more info on CVN-75:
USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75)
(ex-UNITED STATES) Original name until changed by Sec Nav.
MULTI-PURPOSE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (NUCLEAR-PROPULSION)
Delivery Date: 06/30/1998
Award Date: 06/30/1988 Age (since delivery): 8.9 years
Keel Date: 11/29/1993 Commission Date: 07/25/1998
Dead Weight: 22925 tons Overall Length: 1092 ft
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 4
Propulsion Type: Steam Turbines (Nuclear)
Officers: 200 Enlisted: 6075
Homeport: NORFOLK, VA

Answer 2

OK here's my two cents

V in the designator does indeed mean multi purpose....not "vessel" or "fixed wing".....although V in an aircraft squadron designator does mean fixed wing... VF+ fixed wing fighter for example...that doesn't carry over to ship types.....

75 doesn't exactly mean the 75th carrier, as there was a gap in the numbering from the end of the WW2 Essex class carriers and the first post war Forestall class ships.....see below

and as was mentioned she as originally to be named United States....Bill Clinton ordered the change to name her for his hero.....

the irony is when he was President, Harry Truman canceled the first of the post war carrier designs in favor of the Air Force B-36....the ship he canceled? The United States.....

Answer 3

That is the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier. C means carrier, V means fixed wing (like jets or airplanes), N means nuclear. So CVN means a nuclear fixed wing (instead of helicopters) carrier. 75 means it is the 75th Aircraft Carrier built.

Answer 4

CVN stands for nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the number is the number of the carrier. In this case, CVN-75 is the USS Harry Truman.

Answer 5

CV - Carrier Vessel
N - Nuclear propulsion plant

75 - USS Harry S. Truman