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This is the last of the surviving designs in the series that ended with the Midway Class Carriers. Dating from September 1941, it's an enlarged version of the 'Scheme D' design (45,000 tons vs 28,000 tons), like the 'Scheme A' design, and the eventual Midway Class this ship is too wide to fit through the Panama Canal.
Armament is anti-air oriented and the armoured box has been redesigned to cover a larger area, though as EwenS commented in the thread on the 'Scheme D' design, the reserve aircraft are still stored in unarmoured parts of the ship.
https://www.shipscribe.com/styles/S-511/images/s-file/s511-42c.htm
Armament is anti-air oriented and the armoured box has been redesigned to cover a larger area, though as EwenS commented in the thread on the 'Scheme D' design, the reserve aircraft are still stored in unarmoured parts of the ship.
https://www.shipscribe.com/styles/S-511/images/s-file/s511-42c.htm
