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one of the dirty harry movies was filmed on escort carriers.

thanks for the link. i enjoyed it a lot

so after thinking a bit, we know the japanese could not have captured pearl harbor for the duration of the war. but what if... after their opening salvo is modified to not attack the u.s., they then hit pearl with the idea of capturing the ships of the us fleet and as much of its suppy as...

the sbc programs for the essex added the angled deck, but not more catapults.

USS Enterprise CV-6 a nice enterprise resource site.

most of that was radar and cic

great resource on essex carriers and air wings in ww2. Home Page USS Ticonderoga

you mean this? http://www.steelnavy.com/images/essex/essex_drawing.jpg

i was reading a lot of old postings on carriers and their usage. one thing that keeps coming up is a prevailing notion that the american carriers were not fitted with catapults untill late in the war. while the Langley and ranger were built without catapults. the Lexington class had a...

was 1 h4a and only the Yorktown, Intrepid, Hornet, Bunker Hill, Wasp had them installed. the enterprise had 2 h mkii hanger deck catapults, they were removed during the 1943 refit.

i am looking for a good naval combat simulator to do some what if scenarios. realism of a key feature and decent carrier results. or if someone is willing to do the what ifs. i would like to see carrier battles in 42 and 43, but replace the us navy with the british fleet, using the...

if memory serves me right the catapults were for scout plane launches. i also believe they were removed late in the war or right after as they were seldom if ever used.

well the indy class was not the best conversion for a light carrier, the was two narrow and the desk was slightly bigger than an escort. I have seen the aircraft listed as 42-48 planes. in reality she mostly carrier 35-39, which is about the same as an escort. The saipan class is slightly...

actually the navy did not like or want those pesky escort carriers. i am amazed that unlike the British, we really didn't sell off a lot of our carriers, not even the escort classes. but really almost 6800 ships, not counting losses.

You read about the naval expansion in the war years. but did you know it was that big? U.S. Navy Active Ship Force Levels, 1938-1947 Date 6/30/1938 6/30/1939 6/30/1940 12/7/1941 12/31/1942 12/31/1943 12/31/1944 8/14/45* 6/30/1946 6/30/1947 Battleships 15 15 15 17 19 21 23 23 10 4...