[ken5050]

In late 1944, the Navy had started construction on 4 (I believe) large carriers, which wer quickly scrapped after V-J day..do you have any info on them? Thanks

[skeeter]

The only heavy carriers discontinued upon conclusion of the war that I’m aware of were the long-hulled Essex class, considerably more than 4 and all of which were scrapped, and the Midway class (4 planned, one completed) and the rest scrapped.

[skeeter]

... actually, not all of the long hulled Essexes were scrapped, several were.

[skeeter]

Damn, don’t listen to me... three Midways were completed, the rest cancelled.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Iowa class BB’s, the Illinois and Kentucky were started but scrapped. The bow of the Kentucky (BB 66) was used to repair the damaged Wisconsin after a collision in 1956.
Five larger battleships of the Montana class were drawn up. They were to be the Montana, Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire and Louisiana. These featured 12 big guns with a 121 foot beam; too big for the Panama Canal. The Iowas were 108 ' beam.

[tanknetter]

In late 1944, the Navy had started construction on 4 (I believe) large carriers, which wer quickly scrapped after V-J day..do you have any info on them? Thanks

Two Essexes were cancelled at the end of WWII while still incomplete: Reprisal (CV-35) and Iwo Jima (CV-46). Six additional unnamed ships, CV-50 through CV-55, were cancelled without having been laid down or named.

Five additional members of the class were completed in the post-war months: Leyte, Kearsarge, Princeton, Valley Forge and Philippine Sea. The final class member was completed in 1950 to a modified design incorporating new technology (more welded construction and use of aluminum): Oriskany

Three members of the Midway class were cancelled without being laid down, or named: CVB-44, CVB-56 and CVB-57.