![]() Lexington and Saratoga, the country’s second and third carriers respectively, were originally laid down as battlecruisers. Many of the first carriers were auxiliaries, cruisers, and battleships who had their topside removed and covered with a flattop. Although the Navy balked, FDR was the commander and chief, so guess who won?Ī scale model of the Independence-class light carriers and the Cleveland-class light cruiser. Scty of the Navy during World War One), came up with the idea to convert a bunch of cruisers that were already partially complete at the New York Navy Yard over to flat-tops. This put the Big Blue behind the Japanese 8-ball in naval warfare.įDR, himself always a Navy man (he won a naval warfare essay contest while a teenager and slept with Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power upon History on his nightstand before being appointed Asst. While the first huge and ultra-modern 34,000-ton Essex-class carriers were building as fast as the riveters could rivet and the welders could chip slag, they would not be able to arrive in numbers until 1944. ![]() ![]() Starting the war with just six large-deck fleet carriers, within the first six months of combat was down to just four and by the end of the year just a single one of these ( Enterprise) was still afloat and operational. She was a ship built to meet a very specific need, and she met it well under no less than two flags. She was a hard-working ship, who had a hard war. Here we see the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), dark and in her war paint, near Hunters Point in 1945. ![]() Warship Wednesday, October 15, 2014: The Devil Dog of the Seven Seas ![]() Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. ![]()
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