CVB-59 concepts

[Triton]

Artist impression of CVB-59, later USS Forrestal (CVA-59), in 1951.

Edit: The ship that was to become USS Forrestal was ordered as CVB-59.

 

[shockonlip]

Re: CVA-59 concepts

Now THAT is cool!

 

[red admiral]

Re: CVA-59 concepts

From Friedman's book on US Carriers

 

[JohnR]

Re: CVA-59 concepts

Did the positioning of the cats; angled out to port and starboard, influence the development of the angled flight deck?

To me the layout almost suggest that a logical progression would be to create an angle flight deck to port and starboard, and have a centreline island (Furious style).

 

[red admiral]

Re: CVA-59 concepts

Did the positioning of the cats; angled out to port and starboard, influence the development of the angled flight deck?

I don't think so. The angled flight deck was invented in the RN by analysing the new take-off and landing patterns for jet aircraft. These designs and USS United States have axial decks but splayed out catapults. I think the desire was mostly to mount more catapults and there isn't more room in the bow so they got splayed out to the sides a bit.

Would a middle island and two angled decks be better? No, either you need two sets of arrestor wires to be in the same place for each landing path, or you keep the axial layout and risk the bolters running into the island. You've also got some turbulence problems with the middle island.

 

[PNorwood]

Appearance wise, it looks like a miniaturized USS United-States

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

Appearance wise, it looks like a miniaturized USS United-States

Miniaturized? It was more like United States redux.

 

[JohnR]

Re: CVA-59 concepts

Would a middle island and two angled decks be better? No, either you need two sets of arrestor wires to be in the same place for each landing path, or you keep the axial layout and risk the bolters running into the island. You've also got some turbulence problems with the middle island.

I suppose I've been influence by the pictures of the UAV carrier that has the V flight deck and midship superstructure and island.