IN ACTION NEXT YEAR
HUGE PLANE-CARRIERS MULTI-ENGINE BOMBERS (11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 9. The United States Navy’s first two 45,000-ton aircraft-carriers are expected to be in action against Japan next year. With their long flight decks, the new carriers will be able to operate with multi-engined bombers. Twin-engined bombers can fly off the existing carriers, but cannot alight because of insufficient length of deck. The first should be launched by the end of the year and the second early in 1945. Fitting and commissioning are not likely to require more than six months from the time of launching.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 10 May 1944, Page 3
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