During World War II the Japanese had carriers with right side islands and
carriers with left side islands.

WDA

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"Thomas W Ping" wrote in message
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Are there aviation-related reasons why the starboard side is favored
for the island, or is it a purely naval issue? If the latter, did the
practice come about because the first pioneering carriers were
arbitrarily drawn up that way and the configuration simply stuck as a
matter of tradition, or were there more significant reasons for the
convention?

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Thomas Winston Ping