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Hopefully there'll be more....so that you can do a USS Yorktown!
Angled Deck Flattop....
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GreenKnight121
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- Mar 16, 2014
As long as they don't just copy the one mold and put different names on them.
There were significant differences between several iterations of the angle-deck modernizations (some of which came in the earlier modernization round, and some later).
Some of those are noted in the attached write-up I did.
I also attach a few example photos (mostly from various websites, like Navsource, Wiki, etc).
Note the different starboard deck-edge elevator placement on CVA-11, CVA-14, & CVA-19 from the other angle-deck Essex-class carriers, as well as the lack of bridle-catcher catapult extensions on the ones retaining hydraulic catapults vs those on the ones with steam catapults.
Then there is CVS-36 Antietam, which was the experimental angle-deck carrier for the USN, which got an improvised angle with re-aligned arresting gear but no other changes.
There were significant differences between several iterations of the angle-deck modernizations (some of which came in the earlier modernization round, and some later).
Some of those are noted in the attached write-up I did.
I also attach a few example photos (mostly from various websites, like Navsource, Wiki, etc).
Note the different starboard deck-edge elevator placement on CVA-11, CVA-14, & CVA-19 from the other angle-deck Essex-class carriers, as well as the lack of bridle-catcher catapult extensions on the ones retaining hydraulic catapults vs those on the ones with steam catapults.
Then there is CVS-36 Antietam, which was the experimental angle-deck carrier for the USN, which got an improvised angle with re-aligned arresting gear but no other changes.
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