Independence Class Aircraft Carrier
General Board of the United States Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Light aircraft carrier
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Independence class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.This class were a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's interest in Navy shipbuilding plans. In August 1941, with war looming, he noted that no new fleet aircraft carriers were expected before 1944 and proposed to quickly convert some of the many cruisers then under construction. Studies of cruiser-size aircraft carriers had sh...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Independence class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.This class were a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's interest in Navy shipbuilding plans. In August 1941, with war looming, he noted that no new fleet aircraft carriers were expected before 1944 and proposed to quickly convert some of the many cruisers then under construction. Studies of cruiser-size aircraft carriers had shown their serious limitations, with the General Board of the United States Navy replying that such a conversion showed too many compromises to be effective on Oct 13th 1941. The President ordered another study on Oct 25th and BuShips replying that the cruiser conversion would result in a lesser capability but would be available sooner
