CortDiv

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CortDiv, also sometimes typed CORTDIV, was a standard U.S. Navy abbreviation or acronym for escort division.

The Commander of a CortDiv, in official Navy communications, was termed COMCORTDIV (followed by a number), such as COMCORTDIV THREE.

The escort division itself would be called CortDiv 3 or CORTDIV THREE in official Navy correspondence or message traffic.

[edit] Note

Before the introduction of Teletype machines and computers on U.S. Navy ships, typewriters, used on smaller ships to copy wireless traffic during World War II and for some time afterwards, contained only uppercase letters. Thus, their message traffic records were always in capital letters. Larger ships with Teletype capability and large administrative onboard offices could use both upper and lowercase, as directed by their higher ranking officers or in compliance with contemporary Navy directives.

[edit] Example of Use

• USS Sederstrom (DE-31)

[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.