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Watch: Vintage US Navy Video 1955 – Why an ‘Angled Deck’ on Aircraft Carriers?

March 28, 2018 U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9)
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You have to admit…if you love military aviation and especially Naval Aviation this is good stuff!

So now you know why the US Navy uses an angled deck on their aircraft carriers!

Featured image of The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960. A Grumman TF-1 Trader COD plane is readied for launch from the angled flight deck. US Navy Photo.

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