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  2. Flight deck - Wikipedia

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    In ships of this configuration, the hangar deck was the strength deck and an integral part of the hull, and the hangar and light steel flight deck were considered to be part of the superstructure. Such ships were still being built into the late 1940s, classic examples being the U.S. Navy's Essex and Ticonderoga-class carriers.

  3. Armoured flight deck - Wikipedia

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    A bomb that struck the flight deck would likely penetrate and explode in the hangar deck, but the armour there could still protect the ship's vitals – including the engine spaces and fuel storage. The flight deck could also possibly fuze light bombs prematurely, which would reduce the chance of them going through the hangar deck.

  4. Essex-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    The straight-deck Lake Champlain Ticonderoga with angled flight deck. Five Essex-class units at Long Beach Navy Yard in 1966; Bennington (CVS-20), Yorktown (CVS-10) and Hornet (CVS-12) are configured as ASW carriers; Bon Homme Richard (angled deck; with bridle catchers) is an attack carrier (CVA); Valley Forge (axial flight deck) is serving as ...

  5. Southend Pier - Wikipedia

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    An upper deck with a bandstand and shops opened in 1908. [16] Later that year on 23 November, a Thames Conservancy ship broke from its moorings and smashed through the pier, leaving a large hole and over £650 (equivalent to £85,723 in 2023) worth of significant structural damage, [ 17 ] although reports from the time suggested the damage ...

  6. Steel beach picnic - Wikipedia

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    A steel beach picnic or steel beach party is a tradition in the United States Navy. Such events are often department-sponsored barbecues held on the deck of the ship, hence the name "steel beach". They are often held on the flight deck or in a large hangar bay for carriers, much like a day at the beach with volleyball and other sporting events. [1]

  7. Valley Railroad (Connecticut) - Wikipedia

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    The trackbed is gravel ballast, with track made of conventional wood crossties, with steel rails fastened to the ties. A major project funded by the company in 2015 put all mainline track from Essex (MP 4) to North Chester (MP 9.80) in stone ballast. The track connects with Amtrak's Northeast Corridor track near the Old Saybrook Station to the ...

  8. SCB-27 - Wikipedia

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    USS Hornet showing her SCB-27A configuration.. SCB-27 (also known as "Two Seven-Alpha" or "Two Seven-Charlie") was the United States Navy designation for a series of upgrades to the Essex-class aircraft carriers (both the short-hull and long-hull Ticonderoga versions), conducted between 1947 and 1955.

  9. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company - Wikipedia

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    Federal accounted for 5% of the steel merchant tonnage built in 1919. [ 3 ] By June 1921, the Federal yard at Kearny had a 535 by 161.5 feet (163.1 m × 49.2 m) boiler construction shop to build Scotch marine boilers , exhaust stacks , tanks, uptakes and other related items. 235 boilers had been constructed from September 1919 to June 1921.

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