USS Midway was an engineering marvel when it was commissioned right at the end of World War II. It took 5 years to design, 90 tons of blueprints, only 17 months to build.
The idea to build a marvel like that was suggested by the US Navy’s Bureau of Ships as far back as in 1940. For American admirals, this was a dream: a carrier that would be robust as a battleship and have at least 120 aircraft on board. As a result, Midway was so much better than all other US Navy attack carriers, that it was distinguished as a new type -battlecarriers. Midway turned out to be a truly unsinkable ship. Of course, the following Midway-class ships were cheaper, but the first one was virtually made of gold-both in terms of money and implemented technical solutions.
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13 дек 2017
