"Dave in San Diego" wrote in message
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"DDAY" wrote in
nk.net:

I was looking through Stefan Terzibaschitsch's book Aircraft Carriers of
the US Navy and I see that CV-17 Bunker Hill was withdrawn from service
in 1947 and essentially stayed in mothballs until 1966. She was used as
an immobile electronics research ship during that time.

Does anybody know why she was withdrawn from service in 1947?

See http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...istories/cv17-
bunkerhill/cv17-bunkerhill.html for further info.

Google is your friend!

Dave in San Diego


Well OK but it really doesnt answer the question as to why she was
withdrawn and not modernized like most of the other Essex class carriers.

An article on the global security website claims that along with the
Franklin
she was excluded from other modernization programs to be available for the
"ultimate"
conversion to operate with the supercarrier United States.

Following the cancellation of the United States, they were eventually broken
up unmodified.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../ship/cv-9.htm

Keith



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