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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/story-world-war-ii%E2%80%99s-deadly-armored-aircraft-carriers-49067
The British had armored aircraft carriers that were designed to sustain Kamikaze or dive- bombing attacks. American carriers had more space for airplanes while the British carriers had a belt of armor around the ship as well as a belt of armor on the flight deck. They also had armor around the magazines. These defensive features proved important when attacked by the Germans and Italians in the Mediterranean or by the Japanese kamikazes the Pacific.
The British had armored aircraft carriers that were designed to sustain Kamikaze or dive- bombing attacks. American carriers had more space for airplanes while the British carriers had a belt of armor around the ship as well as a belt of armor on the flight deck. They also had armor around the magazines. These defensive features proved important when attacked by the Germans and Italians in the Mediterranean or by the Japanese kamikazes the Pacific.
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It might be important for the future with the Chinese trying to push back ships traveling in international waters.
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It's really stood out because you don't hear very much about British aircraft carriers until this article.
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SFC George Smith
I Remember reading some Where That The US Carriers Used The Same Plumbing For Fuel As For Fire Fighting On The Flight Deck And It Made Things Easier To Fight Fires less Systems to operate And Fuel Was Isolated To better Protected Areas In A nasty Fight...
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Very interesting, trading off speed and weight for survivability I guess.
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