Moving elevators would be secondary for me. I'd just love to see that angled deck working in game!
yeah, arent those F-4s on the deck...i'd say put one in IL2 but then people would scream "NO NO NO, no jets like that waaaa waa waaa", so i will refrain.
Yes, she was decomissed in '92..
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Name: USS Midway
Namesake: Battle of Midway
Ordered: 1 August 1942
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 27 October 1943
Launched: 20 March 1945
Commissioned: 10 September 1945
Decommissioned: 11 April 1992
Struck: 17 March 1997
Fate: museum ship
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She could carry 100 WOII-Korea era planes, and 67 Vietnam era planes
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The first Angled Deck Carrier was tested in 1953, the USS Antietam. It wasn't until later that the U.S. started making angled deck CV's from scratch.
Britain had the first full production Angled Deck Carrier in 1953 and shared the design with the U.S. that same year for testing. We began converting WWII carriers in 1954-55. That is why the Midway and her sister ships appear to have such a steep angle on the deck as compared with more modern carriers.
So, given the timeline involved, there would be NO angled carriers serving during the Korean Conflict.
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