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Re: To ladder or turbolift?
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:15:46 GMT
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> I didn't know that CV-16 was still afloat! It was converted
> along with the other Essex-class carriers still in service in
> the 1950s to have the angled flight deck, and redeployed as
> ASW ships in the late 1950s.
Ah, the infamous 27C's. Canada was offered one for $1, to replace Bonny (HMCS
Bonaventure, the 3rd (and last) RCN carrier.) Although they were designated as
CVS, the 27C's had a definite capablity to fight. Phantoms could fly off them
(just), as could the scooter (A4). But, the bigger jets were problems for
them, and they could not be launched with a full weapons load (or full fuel
load, and weapons). I think there is a bit in "Flight of the Intruder" (the
book) about the 27C's.
James
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