Midway museum - San Diego

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:36:34 GMT, "J.McEachen"
wrote:

Well, I wasn't entirely wrong. I wish you had "corrected" me with facts
instead of merely sending an uninformative broadside.

I did. Fact: The US Navy never convered a battleship to a carrier.

Another fact: the website you quoted (whatever it is) has borrowed
most of its text from my website.

Have you joined
the Navy yet, or still wishing while watching Salem?

Perfectly happy with a career in naval ship design, thank you.

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:23:56 GMT, in rec.aviation.military Andrew C.
Toppan actoppan@nospam wrote:

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:36:34 GMT, "J.McEachen"
wrote:

Well, I wasn't entirely wrong. I wish you had "corrected" me with facts
instead of merely sending an uninformative broadside.

I did. Fact: The US Navy never convered a battleship to a carrier.

U.S. Navy conversions to aircraft carriers:

1 collier (USS Langley)
2 battlecruisers (Lexington-class fleet carriers)(converted while
building)
9 light cruisers (Independence-class light carriers)(converted while
building)
4 oilers (Sangamon-class escort carriers)
30-odd merchant hulls (USS Long Island, Bogue-class escort carriers,
HMS Archer, Avenger-class and Attacker-class escort carriers)

No battleships...

Another fact: the website you quoted (whatever it is) has borrowed
most of its text from my website.

I found that the Wikipedia entry on Taffy 3 was almost word-for-word
from my site. I pointed it out and the WikiGods killed the article.

--
William Hughes, San Antonio, Texas:
The Carrier Project: http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/carrier.htm

William Hughes wrote: U.S. Navy conversions to aircraft carriers:

1 collier (USS Langley)
2 battlecruisers (Lexington-class fleet carriers)(converted while
building)
9 light cruisers (Independence-class light carriers)(converted while
building)

SNIP

Sorry, but no

I don't have my refverences handfy, but only the first several vessels
were laid down as CL's. The remainider, like my dad's ship the San
Jacinto (CVL-30), were built on hulls of modified CL design, but laid
down as carriers by New York Ship


4 oilers (Sangamon-class escort carriers)
30-odd merchant hulls (USS Long Island, Bogue-class escort carriers,
HMS Archer, Avenger-class and Attacker-class escort carriers)

SNIP

Actually no.

Same deal as the Independence class

Lomg Island & HMS Archer, converted

Charger/HMS Attacker class, converted

Bogue Class/HMS AvengerClass, some converted, some laid down as
carriers using C3 hull design

Prince William/HMS Ruler Class- laid down as carriers using C3 hull
design

On 17 Oct 2006 16:58:06 -0700, "
wrote:

I don't have my refverences handfy, but only the first several vessels
were laid down as CL's. The remainider, like my dad's ship the San
Jacinto (CVL-30), were built on hulls of modified CL design, but laid
down as carriers by New York Ship

There was no difference between those "converted" and those "built on
CL hulls". ALL of them had been ordered as CLs and had CL
designations.

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/us_light.htm