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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) being recommissioned at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California (USA), in 1970. Midway had entered the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 11 February 1966 for a massive modernization (SCB-101.66), which proved expensive and controversial. The flight deck was enlarged from 11,300 to 16,200 m², and the angle of the flight deck landing area was increased to 13.5 degrees. The elevators were enlarged, moved, and given almost double the weight capacity. Midway also received new catapults, arresting gear, and a centralized air conditioning plant. Cost overruns raised the price of this program from $88 million to $202 million, and precluded a similar modernization planned for USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42). After Midway was finally recommissioned on 31 January 1970, it was found that the modifications had hurt the ship's seakeeping capabilities and ability to conduct air operations in rough seas, which required further modifications to correct the problem.
Date circa 31 January 1970
date QS:P,+1970-01-31T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine May 1970, p. 41.
Author U.S. Navy
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(Reusing this file)		 "All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."

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