I’m curious to know, these are my favourite piece of naval equipment and the sole reason I wanted to join the Navy! I originally wanted to fly Trackers of the deck of Melbourne CVL-21, but we got rid of it and never replaced it!
Anyway it is an open question! Any time line! And if you like you can put a reason!
Mine is the IJN Akagi, the reason I like it is because it hade three flying off decks, two seperate hangers and a port side island, not to mention being able to carry near on 100 a/c. Very few carriers could match this, and if ADML Yamamoto had of done things abit better during Midway, like not sending all his forces in from the same route, then the war would have been very different!
Second favourite would be the IJN Ise, a battle ship converted aft of the second mid set turrets to carry a hanger and 22 a/c either float planes of standard!
The Japanese knew how to build them back then!
“We the unknowing who have been doing so much for so long with so little, now attempt to do the impossible with nothing”!
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March 21, 2002 at 7:54 pm