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20-612: (Redirected from An ) [REDACTED] Look up an in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An , AN , aN , or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) Alleanza Nazionale , a former political party in Italy AnimeNEXT , an annual anime convention located in New Jersey Anime North ,

40-562: A sequence AN thread , Army and Navy thread - for bolts and tube fittings in 16th inch increments Acanthosis nigricans , a skin condition Acrylonitrile , an organic compound and monomer used in the manufacture of certain plastics Actinide (An), informal symbol for a series of chemical elements Ammonium nitrate (AN), a chemical compound Anode , in electronic schematics Anorexia nervosa , an eating disorder Application note (in engineering), most often seen as A.N. Attonewton (aN), an SI unit of force Anorthite ,

60-416: A Canadian anime convention Ansett Australia , a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 AN Railway , a successor company, 2002–present Aryan Nations , a white supremacist religious organization Australian National Railways Commission , an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 Antonov ,

80-594: A Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media [ edit ] Antv , an Indonesian television network Astronomische Nachrichten , or Astronomical Notes , an international astronomy journal Avisa Nordland , a Norwegian newspaper Sweet Bean (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as An Language [ edit ] An, English indefinite article Anglo-Norman language Aragonese language (ISO 639-1:2002 language code AN) Algemeen Nederlands (meaning "Common Dutch"),

100-528: A common place name in Greece and Cyprus Province of Ancona , a province of Italy (ISO 3166-2:IT code AN) Andaman and Nicobar Islands , a territory in southeastern India (ISO 3166 code AN) Anderson County, Kansas (state county code AN) Andorra (FIPS, LOC MARC and obsolete NATO country code AN) Angola (World Meteorological Organization country code AN) Netherlands Antilles (ISO country code AN) Religion [ edit ] An (Shintō) ,

120-741: A feldspar mineral Adobe Animate , an Adobe animation software Military [ edit ] A prefix used by the U.S. military for electronic equipment named under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System A US Navy hull classification symbol: Net laying ship (AN) Avtomat Nikonova used for the AN-94 Names [ edit ] Ahn (Korean name) (安) An (surname) (安), Chinese surname Places [ edit ] An County , in Sichuan, China Agios Nikolaos (disambiguation) ,

140-475: A large hangar that the others lacked): The last of these 22 ships (the submarine tender Sperry ) was scrapped in 2011. Also at this time the Navy began the construction of 4 large net layers (AN)s and 3 minelayers (CM)s to a different basic design, but changing requirements resulted in all but one minelayer being redesignated as transports (AP)s and then converted into Landing ships, vehicle (LSV)s . During

160-524: A small table or platform used during Shinto ceremonies Anu or An, a god in Sumerian and Babylonian mythology Other uses [ edit ] Associate degree in nursing Algebraic notation (chess) (AN), the standard system for recording moves in chess See also [ edit ] Aan (disambiguation) Ann (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

180-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Airlinair Airlinair, along with Régional and Brit Air , was fully merged into HOP! in 2017 after a year of negotiations. The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in May 1999. It was founded by four principal shareholders including Lionel Guérin and is owned by private investors (80.5%) and Brit Air (19.5%). Since 31 March 2013, all Airlinair flights have been operated under

200-410: Is indicated as either currently active [A], ready reserve [R], inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status. Ships in the precommissioning category include ships under construction or on order. Listed ship classes will often state 'MA type' or 'MC type'. The difference

220-739: Is that 'MC Type' refers to ships designed by the United States Maritime Commission aka MarCom, while 'MA Type' refers to ships designed or converted under MarCom's successor agency, the United States Maritime Administration or MarAd. They are in fact the same designs, and the year 1950 is the date at which MarAd succeeded MarCom. Prior to the creation of the auxiliary hull classification system, ships that performed such tasks had no symbol or code to identify them, only informal designations such as Fleet Collier No. 1 . During World War I

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240-557: The Navy created the Section patrol (SP) and identification number (ID) system to register civilian vessels for naval acquisition. The ID series can be considered a forerunner of the current auxiliary hull numbering system, and some ships with ID numbers were later given 'A' hull symbols. Also during WWI a series of mass-produced ships were designed by the Emergency Fleet Corporation , but few were completed before

260-807: The United States Navy#Net laying ships (AN) This is a list of auxiliaries of the United States Navy . It covers the various types of ships that support the frontline combat vessels of the United States Navy . Auxiliary ships which function as hospital ships and as oilers are to be found in their own articles: List of United States Navy hospital ships and List of United States Navy oilers . Escort carriers, amphibious warfare vessels, and some mine warfare vessels were also originally classed as auxiliaries but were later given their own hull classification symbols outside

280-407: The auxiliary series (which all begin with an 'A'). Links to these and other list articles of similar ships can be found throughout this article. Yard and district craft also function as auxiliaries but generally are smaller and less capable than their ocean-going counterparts, and so they generally remain in harbors and coastal areas. Their hull classification symbols begin with a 'Y'. Ship status

300-487: The end of the war and even fewer became naval auxiliaries . Until World War II the US auxiliary fleet was notable for being composed of non-standard ships which had been purchased ad-hoc . Very few were designed specifically for their intended role. Interesting examples from the 1920's of rare early auxiliaries deliberately designed for their roles include the destroyer tenders USS Dobbin (AD-3) and USS Whitney (AD-4) ,

320-579: The name HOP! , Air France's regional brand. Airlinair ceased all flight operations in March 2017 after its merger in HOP! . As of 30 March 2013, Airlinair operates scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations: Additionally, the following destinations are served on behalf of Air France : As of March 2017, the Airlinair fleet consists of the following aircraft: List of auxiliaries of

340-575: The naval build-up for World War II over 700 vessels of Maritime Commission (MarCom, later MarAd) standard designs were converted to US Navy auxiliaries, as were a few Landing Ships Medium (LSM)s: During the Cold War over 100 United States Maritime Administration (MarAd) standard designs were converted to US Navy auxiliaries: Modern auxiliaries have been designed to reduce operating costs by introducing scales of economies with larger ships and by reducing manning requirements (a trend begun in 1949 with

360-407: The official Dutch language A variant of the prefix "in", used before vowels to convey the meaning "not" (for example: aneuploid means "not euploid") Mathematics, science, and technology [ edit ] A n , in mathematics, a root system and its Dynkin diagram A n , in mathematics, conventional notation for the alternating group a n , a generic label for a term of

380-417: The repair ship USS Medusa (AR-1) , and the submarine tender USS Holland (AS-3) : these 4 ships had the same length hulls and similar superstructures, so they were likely of the same basic design. In the late 1930's the Navy began the construction of 22 large tenders and repair ships to a new basic design: all were nearly identical in hull form, power plant, and superstructure (but the seaplane tenders had

400-620: The title AN . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AN&oldid=1252927819 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2021 All articles containing potentially dated statements Articles containing Norwegian-language text All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2023 Short description

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