From: SkyChrgr1@aol.com
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 13:49:03 PDT
>If you look at the price of luxury yahts for sale this would be a steal!!
>Yes,you would have to civilianize it but just think of the
>possibilities...... On the other hand...it's French,so get used to being
>laughed and pointed at when your at
>harbor!
This one is actually a famous British carrier from WWII. If anyone
knows about F4U Corsair history, they know that the US Navy ordered the Corsair
initially be used only from land bases (i.e. Blacksheep Squadron, etc). It
was the British that perfected the use of the Corsair from aircraft carriers
while US Navy & Marines were slogging it out from dirt strips on the South
Pacific Islands. The USS Vengeance was one of only two or three major carriers in
the Royal Navy fleet that operated Corsairs from India to the Pacific regions -
ultimately taking part on attacks against Iwo Jima and Okinawa (as part of
Task Force 58). Once the US Navy finally approved carrier use of the Corsair in
late 1944, it was the methods perfected by the British that were put to use
in making F4U operations from American ships such a success.
Rob
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