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    United States Navy - CVX (1940)

    A year before Pearl Harbour the USN commissioned a study into a 'tweaked' version of USS Wasp (CV-7) under the designation CVX, the principle changes were using only two aircraft elevators and the fitting of more powerful engines to give 32knots planned speed. Given what happened to USS Wasp the...
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    • 1940 aircraft carrier buc&r bueng bureau of construction and repair bureau of engineering bureau of ships buships early 1940s u.s. navy united states navy world war ii
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