kfields Posted December 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 14, 2014 I bought this Christmas card sometime ago. I am guessing it is the CV18? Can anyone say definitively and why? Thanks!Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted December 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 14, 2014 Looking at the ship's profile on the Naval Heritage Command site, I think this is CV-18 - primarily based on the stack. CV-7 had a narrower stack with a battleship-like crows nest/tripod in front of it, while CV-18 had a wide stack and no tripod. Here's CV-7: Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted December 14, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 14, 2014 Also note the shape of the bow/flight deck....and the profile is different on the hull area immediately below the island. Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 14, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 14, 2014 And because she has her Hurricane Bow, this photo is post December 1955, after the refit where this bow was installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks Sigsaye! I'll put a note with the card so I'll be sure to remember at Christmas time next year On a side note, I am almost finished reading a self published book by a member of the crew of CV7, the first aircraft carrier named WASP. The title of the book is The Eight Said No and it was written by Joseph Underwood. He was aboard the carrier at the time it was sunk. He mentions that they spent a lot of time scrapping the paint off the interior walls and scrapping up the linoleum floors as they were considered a fire hazard in case the ship came under attack. He mentions this was done on several others of the carriers in the fleet at that time. That had to have been a horrible and time consuming job! Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtpete Posted December 15, 2014 Share #7 Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks Sigsaye! I'll put a note with the card so I'll be sure to remember at Christmas time next year On a side note, I am almost finished reading a self published book by a member of the crew of CV7, the first aircraft carrier named WASP. The title of the book is The Eight Said No and it was written by Joseph Underwood. He was aboard the carrier at the time it was sunk. He mentions that they spent a lot of time scrapping the paint off the interior walls and scrapping up the linoleum floors as they were considered a fire hazard in case the ship came under attack. He mentions this was done on several others of the carriers in the fleet at that time. That had to have been a horrible and time consuming job! Kim Funny, just last week I read an action report of a carrier, (I think it was the Enterprise) from the Battle of Santa Cruz, about 6 weeks after the Wasp loss, that credited the removal of all paint and flooring in controlling fires on the carrier. I never have heard of such a massive undertaking before, and now I seen it twice. I have to try and go back and find it now. That book is now on my must read list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29navy Posted December 18, 2014 Share #8 Posted December 18, 2014 I think it is pre-1955 picture. She went into the yards in from Mar - Dec 1955 to get her angled deck and huricane bow. So my guess is Xmas 1954 or earlier. Unless they used an old picture for 1955. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted December 19, 2014 Share #9 Posted December 19, 2014 Fully agree, miss read the article and thought she got a hurricane now, then later went back for angle deck. My mistake, thank you for catching it?⚓️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodymyster Posted December 20, 2014 Share #10 Posted December 20, 2014 Funny, I have a CV-7 christmas card from my grandfather who was aboard. I cant find it for the life of me, but here is a postcard and a first day of issue envolope that he sent back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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