Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: alse%tekig4.len.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Al Seaman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: WWII CV's Message-ID: <6454@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 11 May 89 01:25:16 GMT References: <6154@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6271@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 22 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Al Seaman > > My father was on two different carriers in the Pacific. Both were of the > Yorktown Lexington class..... > Al > >[mod.note: Something's fishy... These four ships weren't of the same >class. Lexington and Saratoga were pre-war sister ships; Yorktown, >Enterprise, and Hornet were a later prewar class. Nothing fishy, you're right. This is my typo as I was trying to point out differences between the bigger carriers and the Kaiser Coffins. I myself am not fimiliar with actual types of "classes". I could have used a better word other than classes. Hope this clears up the confusion. I was also trying to point out some other ships not mentioned in the preceding article which mentioned a book that stated only a few of the carriers in the Pacific, of which I added a couple more names I knew for sure. Al