USS Antietam (CV-36)
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USS Antietam was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named fo
USS Antietam on 19 April 1961
Antietam off Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1945
Antietam in Yokosuka, 1951
Antietam returning from Korea in March 1952
Flight deck
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The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface on which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary m
USS Antietam (CV-36)
…1962 she was the Navy's training carrier, operating out of Florida. Antietam was fitted with a port sponson in 1952 to make her the world's first true angled-deck aircraft carrier. However, she received no major modernizations other than this, and thus throughout her career largely retained the classic appearance…
Flight deck of Charles de Gaulle. Catapults are installed on aircraft carriers in three countries.
Eugene Ely's first landing, on the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania
HMS Argus showing the full-length flight deck from bow to stern
ROKS Dokdo's full length flight deck