Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26091970-20150604000724/@comment-26574811-20150928013727

Kevadu wrote:

Vcharng wrote: ...so you are telling me that in 1940, the USN planned the CVB-41 (later named Midway)... Fun fact: Midway was not designated a CVB until a few months after her completion. For the first few months of her life and certainly throughout her entire construction she was simply designated a CV. It was only later that people decided that her size warranted a new designation. It certainly wasn't because they suddenly realized she had an armored flight deck, seeing how she was designed with one in mind from the very start. Actually, from the very beginning the Midway-class (not the ship) was called "CVB-41-class" as a project name, that's what I was referring to.

As for Anon #115, he seriously forgot about the fact that Midway was completed without a single catapult. For a carrier to be completed like this, there's no way she was designed with any jets in mind whatsoever. Too bad I can't punch him in the face for the peacefulness of the thread, because I'd really love to.

(see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)#/media/File:USS_Midway_(CVB-41)_after_commissioning.jpg)

One more thing, he mentioned P-80's project start at 1943, so a delay from 1940 to 1943 because of a project that started in 1943? What a laugh. The fact is, for a new ship design that lacks compatibility from its predecessor (Midway was originally based on Essex, but later became a brand-new design in order to not sacrificing aircraft capacity), 3 years is just a normally required time for the design job, there's no delay. For example, basic concept for Yamato is done in 1934, but the construction started in late 1937 (and completed in December 1941)