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Keywords: Iowa class aircraft carrier.jpg Aircraft Carrier Converted from BB 61-66 Class Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of an exploration of carrier conversions of warship hulls then under construction This plan dated June 1942 represents the conversion of Iowa class battleship hulls It would have produced a ship somewhat similar in external appearance to the Essex CV-9 class but with lower freeboard only two aircraft elevators one catapult and an 864' long flight deck set well back from the bow The drawing bears the handwritten notation dated 12 June 1942 This conversion apparently will not materialize The original plan is in the 1939-1944 Spring Styles Book held by the Naval Historical Center http //www history navy mil/photos/usnshtp/bb/bb61cl-d htm Photo S-511-54 1939 1944 U S Naval Historical Center Photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy Original upload log en wikipedia Michael Barera CommonsHelper en wikipedia Iowa_class_aircraft_carrier jpg 2010-12-14 09 44 TomStar81 3000×1395× 370392 bytes <nowiki> Aircraft Carrier Converted from BB 61-66 Class Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of an exploration of carrier conversions of warship hulls then under construction This plan dated June 194</nowiki> Iowa class battleships Proposed or planned aircraft carriers Iowa
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