Originally posted by john9001
no no no, CV's have to be repaired in a ship yard. when a cv is damaged you should have to steam to a frendly port to have it repaired.
Not exactly so, at the Battle of Midway, USS Yorktown was badly
damaged by Japanese torpedo and dive bombers, holes in the
flight deck and her boilers down, bout an hour later she was
able to launch a second strike against the Japanese fleet. Later
she was hit again and was abandoned, the next day, repair
parties boarded her and started making repairs when a sub
slipped in and hit with 2 or 3 torpedos and she finally sank.
Same thing with the Lexington at the Battle of the Coral Sea,
hit by several torpedos, they were able to get her going again
but a leaking avgas bunker spread gas fumes through the ship
and a electrical spark ignited them, the resulting explosion blew
both elevators out of their wells and over the side. The crew
were not able to control the fires and she had to be abandoned.
A US destroyer had to sink her just after dark because the fleet
commander was afraid the the fires that were burning would
give away the position of the US fleet. The Navy works real hard
at damage control, so that they can stay in the fight.
Mike
aka BTMe62