from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago:
"The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific."
I guess this...
1920s
1939
1940
4p 4
aircraft carrier
british commonwealth
british empire
director of naval construction (royal navy)
directorate of naval construction
early 1940s
great britain
interwar period
late 1930s
ocean liner
shipstakenupfromtrade
stuft
trade division (royal navy)
united states
united states maritime commission
united states navy
world war ii
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