Beacon Country, Washington, White Palace.
Lighthouse Congress Commander Franklin, Second Commander Cordell Hull, Secretary of War Harry Woodlin, Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Harold Stark, Army Chief of Staff Admiral George Marshall, and others, are holding an emergency meeting.
The fiasco of the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet shocked and nervous the high-level of the Lighthouse Nation. At the same time, they are aware of the great threat.
“Gentlemen, it seems that the Russians have taught us another lesson! From the great battle between the Russians and the Royal Navy, it is already clear that battleships are no longer the main force of naval warfare. The aircraft carriers, which have always been neglected by us, are the real main force. So, what do we do next~? Franklin asked.
“Your Excellency, we need to invest more in aircraft carriers. At present, the only aircraft carriers that we can put into actual combat are the USS Raider, USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise. Plus, the USS Wasp could enter service next month. The aircraft carrier USS Hornet, on the other hand, is expected to be able to enter service next year.
In terms of aircraft carriers, we have a very big gap with the Russians! So next, the Navy needs to do its best to avoid a conflict with the Russians! ”
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison suggested.
Franklin nodded, much to his dismay.
You know, the Navy is very money-burning. Especially the capital ships of the Navy, each of which is a gold-swallowing beast. And in order to strengthen the strength of the navy, the lighthouse country has begun to vigorously build capital ships.
Many warships are even close to commissioning. You can’t stop building at this time, can you? In that case, wouldn’t the premise investment be lost?
However, since aircraft carriers are the real workhorse of the Navy. Then, as a great power aspiring to become the strongest country in the world, the lighthouse country naturally cannot be worse than the Russians in this regard. Otherwise, how can the lighthouse country become a hegemon?
“The aircraft carriers under construction should be accelerated. At the same time, it is necessary to start building more aircraft carriers as soon as possible! Franklin clapped directly.
“Yes, Your Excellency!” Charles Edison replied.
“Your Excellency, our aircraft carriers, preferably large aircraft carriers similar to the Russians, are aircraft carriers capable of carrying a large number of carrier-based aircraft. According to the information we have received, there are 12 aircraft carriers in service with the Russians, each of which is a large aircraft carrier capable of carrying more than 80 carrier-based aircraft. Admiral Harold Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, said.
In fact, the aircraft carriers of the Navy of the Lighthouse Country are also such aircraft carriers.
Several aircraft carriers in active service can carry more than 80 or even 90 or even hundreds of carrier-based aircraft.
It is undoubtedly much more powerful than those small aircraft carriers that never set people.
“Yes, does the Admiralty have a specific plan?” Franklin asked.
“Your Excellency, we plan to build an aircraft carrier capable of mass production. Currently, tentatively named Essex-class aircraft carriers. This aircraft carrier can reach more than 36,000 tons with a full load displacement and can carry 90 carrier-based aircraft. Charles Edison replied.
“Very good, then we will start building this class of aircraft carriers as soon as possible.” Given that the Russians have an extremely large number of aircraft carriers. So, the first batch of Essex-class aircraft carriers was built in the number of 12 units. And we need to build faster. After the construction of the first batch of Essex-class aircraft carriers was halfway through, construction of the second batch of Essex-class aircraft carriers began again. The same is built 24. We must catch up with the Russians in the shortest possible time, on the scale of aircraft carriers, and even surpass them! “Franklin was undoubtedly very ambitious.
“Yes, Your Excellency!” Charles Edison replied.
The Lighthouse State has such a large-scale aircraft carrier construction program, which means huge military spending.
Then, the major shipyards will naturally be able to make a lot of money.
As Secretary of the Navy, Charles Edison was originally connected to various shipyards. This can naturally allow those who support him to gain huge benefits.
“Your Excellency, we have a large number of merchant ships. Perhaps, we can use merchant ships to modify and build a light aircraft carrier. This light aircraft carrier may not be able to carry too many carrier-based aircraft. However, if the number is large enough, it will allow us to quickly have an extremely powerful aircraft carrier formation. Admiral Harold Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, proposed.
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Franklinton’s eyes lit up.
In this time and space, the shipbuilding strength of the lighthouse country is very strong, and it also has extremely considerable merchant ships.
And the technology of the aircraft carrier is not too high. It is completely feasible to use merchant ships for conversion.
Even if the tonnage of merchant ships is small, the defense is weaker. However, after laying out the flight deck, there is no problem for carrier-based aircraft to take off.
In this way, the Lighthouse Navy will soon be able to have a large number of aircraft carriers.
As Admiral Harold Stark said, even if the tonnage is smaller, even if the number of carrier-based aircraft that can be carried is a little smaller. But as long as there are enough such carriers. Well, this will also be very powerful.
“The Navy immediately began refining suitable merchant ships to ensure that we could quickly have a large fleet of aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships!” Franklin commanded.
Using merchant ships to convert aircraft carriers may have no small disadvantages. However, there is one advantage that cannot be compared.
That is to modify the aircraft carrier, which often only takes a few months. Unlike building a large aircraft carrier, it takes two years or more.
This is undoubtedly a very effective solution for the lighthouse country, which now lacks aircraft carriers.
Soon, the Lighthouse Navy came up with a modified aircraft carrier based on the C-4 ship, which was named the Borg class escort carrier.
The Borg-class escort aircraft carrier, with a full load displacement of more than 15,000 tons, a maximum speed of 18 knots, can carry 28 carrier-based aircraft. At the same time, with strong anti-aircraft fire. Armament with two 127-mm high-level dual-purpose guns. 10 twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns and a large number of 20-mm anti-aircraft guns.
After determining that the performance of this escort aircraft carrier was excellent, the lighthouse state directly issued a large-scale modification plan, and converted 11 merchant ships as escort aircraft carrier forces.
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