Why Medium Aircraft Carrier was 'Torpedoed'
An idea that sank like a stone for the U.S. Navy.
Kyle Mizokami - Sep 8, 1:50 PM
The United States Navy’s ten nuclear supercarriers are the largest warships on the high seas. Home to more than five thousand sailors and Marines, the Nimitz-class carriers are nuclear-powered and can carry nearly ninety combat aircraft. Still, it didn’t have to be this way: had the Navy taken a different tack several decades ago, the gigantic ships would have been supplemented with smaller, more cost effective flattops—the Medium Aircraft Carriers.
http://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Why-Medium-Aircraft-Carrier-was-Torpedoed-101458248
