BB52

BB52 is a designation that can refer to several different things, most commonly a hull number in United States Navy practice or a product or catalog code in other industries. The form with a hyphen (BB-52) is standard in naval usage, but BB52 without a hyphen appears in some sources and inventories.

In naval usage, the prefix BB denotes a battleship, and the following number identifies a specific hull. A BB-52 would indicate the 52nd battleship in the sequence. In practice, not every number in the BB series corresponds to a completed ship; several numbers were assigned during planning or construction for ships that were canceled, renamed, or redesigned. As a result, there is no active United States Navy battleship currently bearing the designation BB-52. Naval historians consult hull-number catalogs and ship registries to determine whether a number was used by a real vessel, was assigned to a canceled project, or was reserved for future use.

Outside of naval contexts, BB52 can appear as a model number, product code, or designation in manufacturing, software, or media catalogs. In such cases, the meaning of BB52 varies by issuer and industry, and it does not imply any connection to naval vessels.

See also:

- Hull classification symbol

- List of United States Navy battleships

- BB hull classification system