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USN carrier export
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:35 pm
by marcelo_malara
Hi guys. Do you know if any naval power did ever show interest in acquiring an ex USN carrier? May be Italy, Germany...? Would the US government had authorized that export?
Regards
Re: USN carrier export
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:57 am
by Francis Marliere
Marcello,
French and Spanish navies did use former Independence class CVL after WWII :
- USS Belleau Wood became Bois Belleau in French service (1953-1960)
- USS Langley became La Fayette in French service (1951-1963)
- USS Cabot became Dédalo in Sanish Navy (1967-1989)
Re: USN carrier export
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:38 pm
by marcelo_malara
Oh yes, I should have said it, I meant a fleet carrier
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