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 Mar Eng v 60 n 1 Jan 1955 p 59-61)
World's largest aircraft carrier
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 84 , n 20
1954
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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