"A Half Century of Half Aircraft Carriers" Topic
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Tango01 | 02 Mar 2015 10:56 p.m. PST |
"Starting in the 1960s, the world's leading navies experimented with a new kind of warship. Heavily-armed and sporting huge flight decks for helicopters, the vessels were hybrids—not quite cruisers, not quite aircraft carriers. Ungainly and in many cases conceptually flawed, the helicopter cruisers nevertheless represented an important leap forward for naval technology. Today's assault ships—arguably the most useful warships afloat—owe much to the helicopter cruisers that preceded them…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Lion in the Stars | 03 Mar 2015 11:31 a.m. PST |
They don't mention one of the biggest reasons that the half-carriers were scrapped: The big superstructures disrupted the airflow over the helo deck, making landing on the ship even more dangerous. |
Tango01 | 03 Mar 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
Interesting! Amicalement Armand |
Klebert L Hall | 04 Mar 2015 10:22 a.m. PST |
Axe doesn't exactly get Navy matters. For example, the Shiranes were neither helo-cruisers nor failures. They are actually some of the best ASW ships around. -Kle. |
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