59,650 ton USS Forrestal, in building at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co yard; flight deck is 1036 ft long and 252 ft wide; 32 aircraft can be launched in 4 min from four British designed catapults; ship will have crew of 3500, and carry atom bombers, jet fighters and reconnaissance machines; fitment of three rudders and two outboard; five bladed propellers operating with two four bladed inboard; propelling machinery develops 200,000 hp. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 84 n 20 Nov 11 1954 p 635-6)


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    Titel :

    World's largest aircraft carrier


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Mar Eng


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1955


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    World's largest aircraft carrier

    Thursfield, H.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1948


    World's largest aircraft carrier

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954