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To: VaFederalist

I believe most Essex-class carriers had catapaults by the end of WWII.


25 posted on 12/28/2006 11:52:31 AM PST by dirtboy (Objects in tagline are closer than they appear)
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To: dirtboy

Yes, All Essex class carriers had hydraulic catapults during WW II. Six early members of the class also had hanger deck level catapults (Yorktown, Intrepid, Hornet, Franklin, Bunker Hill and Wasp). These were determined to be not particularly useful and omitted in others of the class.


31 posted on 12/28/2006 12:10:06 PM PST by hc87
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