Andy_Ross
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Difficult on a carrier
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Trump wants to reduce capability of newest aircraft carrier.
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Andy_Ross
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One of the most successful anti submarine aircraft of the war.
Outlasted it's replacement the Albacore even though that was a better aircraft
It did it by having a dedicated factory producing it whereas when the Albacore contract finished production switched to other designs.
Swordfishes were turned out up to the end of the war in their AS version because the dedicated factory couldn't be switched to anything else so it was just kept going going.
Swordfishes were also ideal for use on the small Escort Carriers that had limited deck size and hanger space.
Albacore has acquired a misplaced reputation as being unpopular and unreliable due to the continued production of the Swordfish.
It's the same reason the Grumman Wildcats were kept in production when the Hellcat came along. Their dedicated factory was taken over by General Motors, and they were kept in production when Grumman switched to Hellcat production.
Like the Swordfish they could usually take off from a carrier without using a catapult.
One of my favourite aircraft
Kermit Weeks has a good playlist on his Wildcat.
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Even a steam powered one?Difficult on a carrier
TragicMonkey
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Someone should show Trump a picture of a combined ballroom-aircraft carrier. Painted gold. He'd order a fleet of them.
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Yes, I am bored today waiting for a puncture in a tyre to be fixed.
This is Gemini, I give you the new USA naval fleet:
ETA - Autoincorrect choose "navel" instead of "naval", but probably could have been bavel.
This is Gemini, I give you the new USA naval fleet:
ETA - Autoincorrect choose "navel" instead of "naval", but probably could have been bavel.
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Dave Rogers
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They called it the Stringbag because it could carry so many different things at the same time [1], but even for the Swordfish I think a gold plated ballroom was a bit much
Dave
[1] The word 'groceries' may have been used, even though Trump hadn't invented it back then.
Norman Alexander
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It's exactly like a WW2 carrier!
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Trebuchet
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Flies too slow for even WWII German anti-aircraft systems, and probably doesn't reflect much radar, either!
Trebuchet
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At 7:36: Not the FEMALE catapult operator. Not enough testosterone for Hegseth! Woke and DEI!
Also note the Russian accent of the narrator.
Clearly electric catapults are a woke DEI Russian plot against Amerika!
Norman Alexander
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Putin is Donny's buddy.
The Atheist
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Has he issued instructions to return to coal-fired propulsion yet?
Coal is awesome! (And those coal mines need a market. Win/win!)
Coal is awesome! (And those coal mines need a market. Win/win!)
Norman Alexander
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New-fangled coal??! What's wrong with wood-fired ships! Good enough for Noah then it's good enough for Heggie!
But why stop at wood! Let's go back to the days of sail! When ships were propelled by wind!
Wait a sec...
Wind power?? NOOO! That's woke!!
JayUtah
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Why not galleys rowed by undocumented immigrants?
Norman Alexander
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The answer is in the question. Obviously!
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Easy. Galley slaves.
Should be in battleship gold.