Daily Event for March 20


At 9:43a.m. EWT March 20, 1945 the first of a new class of aircraft carrier was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, the Midway CVA-41. So large she was floated out of the drydock where she was built, she was described as the largest warship built to date. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Artemus L. Gates termed the Midway a "two fisted fighter."
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USS Midway CVA-41

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