The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Aircraft Carriers Serving As Air Transports
Continued from previous blog entry.
During World War II, smaller aircraft carriers often performed the role of aircraft delivery.
More recently, in the late 2000s, the USS Bon Homme Richard transported "red air" aggressor jets to Hawaii for exercises.
In 1992, two B-25 Mitchell bombers took off from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in 1942. That operation involved sixteen b_25s taking off from the carrier USS Hornet.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson brought another group of warbirds to Hawaii for the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
--GreGen
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