Super aircraft carrier in service at the end of World War II

The super carrier serving at the end of World War II failed to catch up with the Japanese, but it became a holy place for Americans to punch in.

The Pacific naval battle of World War II was also called the carrier war by many people. The whole Pacific naval battle lasted for three years, during which star aircraft carriers emerged one after another, such as Lexington, Essex, Enterprise and Xianghe. And the signal signal with a displacement of 70,000 tons. However, these aircraft carriers have been on the battlefield more or less and have experienced the baptism of war. Only the midway class aircraft carrier failed to catch up with the Pacific naval battle. Therefore, many military experts believe that the midway-class aircraft carrier is ill-timed.

As the successor model of American Essex class aircraft carrier, Midway class aircraft carrier was designed and built in 1945. At first, considering the wartime, it was planned to build six ships, but only three were actually completed. On March 20th, 1945, the first ship of midway class aircraft carrier was launched, and it was officially put into service in September of that year. However, nearly 1 month has passed since Japan surrendered unconditionally. Therefore, the midway class aircraft carrier did not actually participate in the war.

Unlike Essex-class aircraft carriers, Midway-class aircraft carriers have larger hulls and higher displacement. The displacement of 45,000 tons also set a record for the displacement of aircraft carriers in World War II (which was later broken by Shinbao, Japan). At that time, the Midway class aircraft carrier was an out-and-out giant.

Also because it is larger, the Midway class aircraft carrier can carry 145 carrier aircraft at most. Far more than Essex class 103, if midway class is used as a reference, it will be extremely terrible for the Japanese navy. However, all this can only exist in imagination, because history has no ifs.

After World War II, for the purpose of rational use of existing equipment, the US Navy also modernized the midway class aircraft carrier. In addition to installing sea sparrow air defense missiles, the biggest change comes from the appearance of inclined flight deck, which improves the take-off and landing efficiency of carrier-based aircraft. The inclined deck allows the fighter to land while taking off on the straight deck. This improvement is also considered by many military experts to be the biggest difference between modern aircraft carriers and modern aircraft carriers.

After the mid-class aircraft carrier modified the flight deck, the displacement also increased from 45 thousand tons to more than 50 thousand tons. Its purpose is to carry the U.S navy F/A- 18 hornet fighter. After the completion of this series of modifications, the midway-class aircraft carrier was reborn, becoming the first generation of aircraft carriers with jet fighters in the United States after the war, and also providing a practical basis for the design and construction of the later Leicester-class and Kitty Hawk aircraft carriers.

1in April 1992, the last midway class aircraft carrier announced its retirement. This also marks the complete withdrawal of this type of aircraft carrier from the historical stage. From the first intermediate carrier in 1945 to the complete retirement in 1992, the intermediate carrier has been in service for nearly half a century, which shows that its performance is excellent enough. Therefore, although this aircraft carrier has not experienced the baptism of war, it has not lived up to the expectations of designers.

In 2003, the US Navy donated the Midway class aircraft carrier to a non-governmental organization, which converted the aircraft carrier into naval museum. Over the years, it has become a sacred place for Americans to understand the history of the US navy and the development of aircraft carriers.

Finally, there is a joke about a mid-class aircraft carrier. After the war, this type of aircraft carrier was often on duty in the Middle East. During the duty, it consumes as much as 455,000 liters of fuel every day, and it needs to be replenished almost every three days. This has also caused the US Navy a great headache, which has promoted the emergence of the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to some extent. It is also an alternative contribution to it.