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Casablanca class Escort Carrier

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The Casablanca-class escort carriers are the most numerous class of aircraft carriers ever built. Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of less than two years – 3 November 1942 through to 8 July 1944. These were nearly one third of the 151 carriers built in the United States during the war. Despite their numbers, and the preservation of more famous and larger carriers as museums, none of these modest ships survive today. Five were lost to enemy action during World War II and the remainder were scrapped.

Casablanca was the first class to be designed from keel up as an escort carrier. It had a larger and more useful hangar deck than previous conversions. It also had a larger flight deck than the Bogue class. Unlike larger carriers which had extensive armor, protection was limited to splinter plating. Their small size made them useful for transporting assembled aircraft of various sizes, but fighters were limited to smaller and lighter aircraft such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat. The hull numbers were assigned consecutively, from CVE-55 Casablanca to CVE-104 Munda.

I built it 1:1, with full interior.

Built the ships of Taffy 3 for a redo of that project:
USS Gambier Bay, Kitkun Bay, St Lo, Fanshaw Bay, White Plains, Kalinin Bay

Renders also include my new Fletcher class and Benson/Gleaves class
Creditcasablanca, carrier, escort carrier, aircraft, cv, cve, 55
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Bartas303
09/29/2017 9:34 am
Level 2 : Apprentice Miner
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Can you post the download pls?
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CH3THIN
09/29/2017 9:07 am
Level 17 : Journeyman Engineer
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just epic
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Laserbilly
09/29/2017 6:39 am
Level 50 : Grandmaster Engineer
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Fantastic, I LOVE this class!
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Refreshinq_
09/28/2017 10:21 pm
Level 60 : High Grandmaster Pirate
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Great detail and all round great job
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