On Sat, 27 May 2006 13:56:15 GMT, "famous apollo"
wrote:

If CV-17 was not a slant deck carrier it would be considered obsolete.

Every ESSEX class carrier was obsolete once the concept of angled
decks was devised. All of them, like every other carrier up to
FORRESTAL (commissioned 1955) was built with a straight deck.


--
Andrew Toppan --- --- "I speak only for myself"
"Haze Gray & Underway" - Naval History, DANFS, World Navies Today,
Photo Features, Military FAQs, and more - http://www.hazegray.org/