Category:Ticonderoga class aircraft carriers

Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier 

1944 sub-class of Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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Instance of	ship class
Subclass of	Essex-class aircraft carrier
Named after	USS Ticonderoga
Country of origin	United States of America
Operator	United States Navy
Manufacturer	Fore River Shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Norfolk Naval Shipyard Brooklyn Navy Yard Newport News Shipbuilding
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The Ticonderoga-class was never an official U.S. Navy classificiation. The carriers were Essex-class aircraft carriers modified with a clipper bow to allow the placement of a second 40 mm quadruple gun mount on the bows. The Ticonderogas are also often only regarded as the "long hull" group of the Essex-class. All Essex-class ships - short hull and long hull - that underwent the postwar SCB-27A/C or SCB-125 modifications finally received the clipper bows, making the differentiation obsolete. However, the clipper bow caused excessive slamming into the seas. Therefore, all ships modernised during the SCB-125 program received an enclosed "hurricane bow".