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Originally posted by Commodore Green
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Originally posted by eltf177
So Gibbs and Cox, unable to sell it to the Soviets, manage to convince the USN to build it!
And you have to wonder about the design philosophy that puts a couple of seaplane catapults on the stern of what is essentially an aircraft carrier.....
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Originally posted by Commodore Green
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Originally posted by eltf177
So Gibbs and Cox, unable to sell it to the Soviets, manage to convince the USN to build it!
And you have to wonder about the design philosophy that puts a couple of seaplane catapults on the stern of what is essentially an aircraft carrier.....
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Originally posted by Commodore Green
And you have to wonder about the design philosophy that puts a couple of seaplane catapults on the stern of what is essentially an aircraft carrier.....
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
I must know more about this design...
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
I must know more about this design...
Basically, it's a design that Gibbs and Cox pitched to the Soviets in the 1930s. The Soviets, showing unusual wisdom and intelligence for communists, declined, citing cost and the extremely poor probable results of mixing a battleship intended to be shot at with an explosive floating airfield.
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