Re: Space carrier fighter philosphyRe: ADLER TAG AAR

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Steven Arrowsmith wrote:

> Lets go back a few years and look at WW2, the US fleet was well out of
> aircraft range most of the time. To resupplie the main carriers, they
use
> "Jeep Carriers" or auxillary carriers. 

CVEs or escort carriers were called jeep carriers, but they were quite
capable of combat operations on their own.

>These
> ships travled with the main support feet, well behind the main body. 

Well, their mission *was* to protect the supply convoys.

> After
> a battle they would move up and unload the fighter. I recall seeing
pixs
> of them moving the planes by crane.

That you can do with a plain old freighter.

Obviously, you could (and they did) resupply from CVEs, but those ships
were not built expressly for the purpose.

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