The Midway-class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.
USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
Franklin D. Roosevelt under way in 1969
Image: USS Midway (CV 41) leaving Yokosuka, Crew spelling Sayonara
Image: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) aerial photo in 1986
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An armoured flight deck is an aircraft carrier flight deck that incorporates substantial armour in its design.
HMS Formidable on fire following a kamikaze strike, Okinawa, 9 May 1945. Total casualties, 3 dead and 19 wounded.
USS Franklin listing, with crew on deck, due to two armor piercing bomb hits penetrating the unarmoured flight deck, 19 March 1945. Total casualties, 807 dead and 487 wounded.