Scooter, Not sure, they were long gone by the time i got there. I did talk to my father who was on the Coral Sea 6 years (71-74 and 80-83) and did say the had no problem getting a warrior into the hanger after the tail was folded. Im not sure about the midway. There were several differences between the two. cs had 3 cats we had 2 , we had a bigger angel deck and some other stuff.

EdLaw, Its not that we couldn’t use them. we flew them aboard (us-3a aka miss piggy) but we could not store them. The tail was to high to fit into the hanger. We had to leave them on the roof. (midway 88-89)

F-18,
last I checked she was sitting in Pensacola, Fl waiting to be sunk as an artifical reef.

Dan

Just check and apparently she is in Beaumont, Texas waiting out the 2006 hurricane season and something about the EPA delaying her sinking.

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rickusn,
good call on the #’s. That’s pretty much what we had onboard when i was on her in 88-89 (one long year)