Forrestal

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development of aircraft carriers

  • USS Carl Vinson
    In warship: Large carriers

    …full jet carrier was USS Forrestal, commissioned in 1955. The 60,000-ton Forrestal carriers were built with rectangular extensions to the after part of the flight deck; these considerably widened the deck and allowed the angled landing strip to be merely painted on rather than extended over the side. The elevators…

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