- AD
- Destroyer Tender
- AO
- Fleet Oiler
- Asiatic Fleet
- The US Fleet stationed in China and Philippines, 1919-1942. It was comprised of thirteen destroyers, with a heavy cruiser as "flag."
- Capt.
- Captain, Commanding Officer
- Comdesron Five
- The Commander of Destroyer Squadron Five (Desron Five). Captain Caroll occupied this post for a period of time.
- CVE
- Escort Aircraft Carrier
- DANFS
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (www.hazegray.org/danfs)
- DD
- Destroyer
- DE
- Destroyer Escort
- Desron Five
- Short for Destroyer Squadron Five--the thirteen destroyers that comprised the Asiatic Fleet. Desron Five was made up of Destroyer Divisions (Desdivs) Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen.
- ENS
- Ensign
- Four Pipers
- Distinctive smokestack configuration (like Whipple)
- Hunter-Killer Task Unit
- CVE and DD Force deployed to destroy German submarines - WWII
- JU88/DO217
- German bomber aircraft (WWII)
- LCDR
- Lieutenant Commander
- LT
- Lieutenant
- LTJG
- Lieutenant, junior grade
- Mad Dog Five
- A reference to Captain Caroll, the commander of Desron Five. The name came from the flag or visual signal--Squad Dog Five--that flew on the Captain's ship. (Mad Dog Five could also refer to that flag.)
- Pollywog
- Uninitiated (Shellback candidate)
- Shellback
- Initiated (after crossing the Equator)
- Squad Dog Five
- The flag hoist, or visual signal for Desron Five. Known by sailors as "Mad Dog Five."
- TF
- Task Force
- TU
- Task Unit
- Y3C
- Yeoman 3rd Class
Submitted by Harvey Westfall, 2002, with additions by R.C. Wohosky, RM3C USS Whipple DD217, 1937-38.
