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Originally Posted by bigboywooly
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Originally Posted by Jonathan
Man...one of those ships had a seaplane on the back of it...I wonder how successful there getting that thing on and off the boat and into the drink.
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Most battleships and indeed heavy cruisers carried seaplanes
Usually on\off loaded with a crane though some had short skid sections with catapaults the aircraft could take straight off from
Arado being hauled back on the Blucher
Bismarck hoisting its back onboard
And a Kingfisher coming off USS Quincy
And a Walrus being bought back onboard HMS Nigeria
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It just seems so DANGEROUS! Seaplanes are notorious for leaks, aren't they? And then there is the surf and the waves. A plane is not a boot!