For each type of ship, even World War II Merchant Aircraft Carriers and the Habbakuk project, Hobbs has design, construction, and technical details, followed by an outline history of each ship in the ...
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom ...
is often cited as the worst aircraft carrier of WWII. -Built with reduced tonnage, the Wasp was smaller, lightly armored, and ...