Very nice. All US Navy ships are given a number, with a prefix of at least two letters indicating the type of ship. Aircraft carriers are CV (V indicates heavier than air, Z was used for lighter than air). Extra letters give additional information, such as CVE being a small Escort Carrier, and CVN being nuclear powered. CV-32 was the USS Leyte, Essex class CV-38, was the USS Shangri-la, also Essex class CV-59 was the USS Forrestal, lead ship of the Forrestal class of very large supercarriers This means that the top photo, and the next three, are meant to be of ships from the same class, which clearly they are not.
They're beautiful pieces of plastic, Woodsy. Imagine the fun they would've given. At the other end of the toy aircraft carrier scale was the GI Joe USS Flagg from 1985. A truly gigantic action figure playset, approx 7ft long :)
Very nice. All US Navy ships are given a number, with a prefix of at least two letters indicating the type of ship. Aircraft carriers are CV (V indicates heavier than air, Z was used for lighter than air). Extra letters give additional information, such as CVE being a small Escort Carrier, and CVN being nuclear powered.
ReplyDeleteCV-32 was the USS Leyte, Essex class
CV-38, was the USS Shangri-la, also Essex class
CV-59 was the USS Forrestal, lead ship of the Forrestal class of very large supercarriers
This means that the top photo, and the next three, are meant to be of ships from the same class, which clearly they are not.
fantastic Paul. Very informative and I now know what the numbers are. Thanks very much.
DeleteThose are excellent!
ReplyDeleteThey are nice aren't they ED!
DeleteThey're beautiful pieces of plastic, Woodsy. Imagine the fun they would've given. At the other end of the toy aircraft carrier scale was the GI Joe USS Flagg from 1985. A truly gigantic action figure playset, approx 7ft long :)
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that Flagg in the flesh Tone but I'd love to find one at a car boot sale!
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