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Originally Posted by fastfed
But this is a more of a modern carrier, with a catapult and all..
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WWII US and I think UK carriers had cats. IIRC the TBF Avenger needed them when it had a full payload.
The old
Langley CV1 had a cat but it was removed at some point.
I think the old cats used cordite charges like the cats on surface warships (CAs and BBs etc.)
The deck is steel with a non-skid coating.