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Code letters
Older method of identifying ships / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Code letters or ship's call sign (or callsign)[1][2] were a method of identifying ships before the introduction of modern navigation aids. Later, with the introduction of radio, code letters were also used as radio call signs.
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