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- SBSO!Timeline Midway-class:
- USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, CV-42
- Hull Image, during shakedown cruise (1948):https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/USS_FD_Roosevelt_%28CVA-42%29_after_refit_1969.jpeg
- Differences from OTL beyond angled runway and hurricane bow:
- -Overall larger, closer to Forrestal-class in size. Deck edge elevators
- -Armament is 8x Mark 42 5"/54 rapid fire dual purpose guns, supplemented by 16 3"/50RF guns in 8 twin mounts, as well as 8 40mm Bofors guns and 16 20mm Oerlikon guns.
- -Airwing is 90 of any mix of the following aircraft, plus 12 helicopters:
- --F6L/F-6B Seabolt/Firebolt (all-weather interceptor/air superiority fighter, top speed Mach 1.5/~962 mph/~1,550 kph, armament two M39 revolver cannon with 600 rounds per gun and 8x AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
- --A1D/A-1H Skyraider (dive/torpedo bomber/ASW/AEW)
- --A4D-5/A-4E Skyhawk (dive/torpedo bomber)
- --A3J-1/A-5A Vigilante (level bomber)
- --A3J-3P/RA-5C Vigilante (level bomber/recon)
- --W2F-1/E-2 Hawkeye (AWACS/AEW)
- --HSS-1N Seabat/SH-34J Choctaw (ASW/Utility Helicopter)
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