[Bobbo]

Go to this page:

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/us_fleet.htm

Then click on Intrepid or Hornet, then click "During W.W.II" image and they both show the masts in upright position.

The things you learn
(from that link's USS Reprisal entry)

Reprisal
"long hull" group
CV 35
Photos: none available


Built by New York Navy. Laid down 1 July 1944, cancelled 11 Aug 1945 when 52.3% complete. Launched 1946 to clear slip. Used for explosive tests 1946-48. Inspected for possible completion as a CVA, but deemed beyond salvage. Sold for scrapping 2 August 1949 and scrapped at Baltimore 11/1949.

They blew the hull up and decided "oh, let's complete the ship" ? hock: