[Milsurplus] Navy Manufacturer Codes

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Sam,

Someone else sent you the contractor names matching the three codes.  As to 
why the Signal Corps used Navy Contractor Codes on many nameplates, I don't 
know and don't know of anyone who does.  All that I can say about it is 
that they are fairly common, when they appear it is usually as a prefix 
followed by a colon to the serial number, and that I don't think I have ever seen a 
nameplate showing both the code and the contractor's name.  Only one or the 
other.  Other common sets with the code that I've seen and that come to 
mind are BC-342, BC-611, and BC-614.

In a message dated 01/05/2012 17:24:17 PM Central Standard Time, 
sestokes at sonic.net writes: 
> Does anybody know what manufacturers are represented by:
> 
> CKV, CPD, and CQW
> 
> Also, although these are Navy codes, how come they show up on some
> Signal Corps equipment but with a Signal Corps Order No.?
> 
> For example the AM-33/ART...
> 
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