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KENNEDY RETURNS; FOR ‘APPEASEMENT’ (12/16/38)
Microfiche-New York Times archives | 12/16/38 | No byline

Posted on 12/16/2008 5:30:15 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson

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To: CougarGA7
Sigh. Lets try this picture.


21 posted on 12/17/2008 12:46:34 PM PST by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: CougarGA7
Her distinctive feature of having side plating running up to the flight deck would become the symbol of future British carriers.

Is that as opposed to having the flight deck supported by exposed struts with an open area beneath? I think the Japanese carriers were built like that.

22 posted on 12/17/2008 4:50:31 PM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: CougarGA7

For comparison, the Yorktown class (The Yorktown and the Enterprise of that class having bracketed the Ark Royal in construction:

CV-5: dp. 19,800; l. 809’ 6”; b. 83’ 1”; dr. 28’ 0”; s. 32.5 k.; cpl. 2.919; a. 8 5”, 22 .50-cal mg., ac. 81-85; cl. Yorktown


23 posted on 12/17/2008 5:27:08 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I see the Kennedy PR machine was in high gear back then.


24 posted on 12/21/2008 7:16:37 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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