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May 31st, '05, 11:42 AM
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The USS Manhattan was originally laid down in 1928 at both the Brooklyn Navy Yards and the Wingfoot Lake Hanger facility. It was an attempt to go one step beyond even the audacious dreams of the USS Acron and Macon, that were then only just in the blueprint stage.
Moving beyond merely the extended scout concept, the USS Manhattan would mate the striking power of a full airwing (40 aircraft) with the speed and versatility of the blimp. A new doping process was used as well as secrets in lift technology that are classified even to this day. It is rumored that what began with the USS Manhattan culminated in the modern day USS Halsey class Stealth Airborne Aircraft Carriers (SAAC).
Here the newly christened USS Manhattan has hurried to San Francisco to deal with the machinations of the insidious Red Death airwing of pirates that had been plaguing the West Coast for a few weeks. Arriving before the "wet" navy, the Manhattan was instrumental in helping to bring the Red Death to trial.
She went on to greater fame in World War 2 when she managed to get within a whisker's width of the Japanese fleet at the battle of the Coral Sea and launched a full strike that caught both the Shokaku and Zuikaku as they were leaving the area. This, coupled with the success at Midway, are credited with helping to end the war in the Pacific in early 1945 without forcing the choice to use Atomic weapons.
The USS Manhattan was originally laid down in 1928 at both the Brooklyn Navy Yards and the Wingfoot Lake Hanger facility. It was an attempt to go one step beyond even the audacious dreams of the USS Acron and Macon, that were then only just in the blueprint stage.
Moving beyond merely the extended scout concept, the USS Manhattan would mate the striking power of a full airwing (40 aircraft) with the speed and versatility of the blimp. A new doping process was used as well as secrets in lift technology that are classified even to this day. It is rumored that what began with the USS Manhattan culminated in the modern day USS Halsey class Stealth Airborne Aircraft Carriers (SAAC).
Here the newly christened USS Manhattan has hurried to San Francisco to deal with the machinations of the insidious Red Death airwing of pirates that had been plaguing the West Coast for a few weeks. Arriving before the "wet" navy, the Manhattan was instrumental in helping to bring the Red Death to trial.
She went on to greater fame in World War 2 when she managed to get within a whisker's width of the Japanese fleet at the battle of the Coral Sea and launched a full strike that caught both the Shokaku and Zuikaku as they were leaving the area. This, coupled with the success at Midway, are credited with helping to end the war in the Pacific in early 1945 without forcing the choice to use Atomic weapons.