CV A 58, to be built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co for U S Navy; vessel's 1030-ft flight deck designed to handle planes weighing over 100,000 lb, landing with impact forces as high as 500, 000 lb; elevators to transfer planes between hangar and flight decks located along ship's sides, with larger elevator at after end of flight deck; 280,000-hp engine installation will drive hull at approximately 33 knots.
Aircraft carrier for atomic age to be world's largest ship
Mar Eng Shipg Rev
Marine Engineering and Shipping Review ; 53 , n 11
1948
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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