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USS Petrof Bay CVE-80 (Casablanca Class Escort Carrier)

3,330 Itzarock  8 months ago

I give you the USS Petrof Bay! With Flyable F6F Hellcat!!!

Background

USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) was the twenty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Petrof Bay, which in turn was named in 1928 after Ivan Petroff, a Russian Alaskan who served as a special census agent for the 1880 United States census. The bay is located within Kuiu Island, which at the time was a part of the Territory of Alaska.[3] The ship was launched in January 1944, commissioned in February, and served in support of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines campaign, including the Battle off Samar, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa. She was decommissioned in July 1946, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. Ultimately, she was broken up in September 1959.

Controls

Ag1 - Activates ship engines. Ship engines Input - Throttle

Ag2 - Activates Plane engine. Plane engine input - Throttle

Ag3 - Plane Parachute for landing back on carrier. (yes it is possible. I have done it already)

Yaw - Steer Ship

Plane has normal flight controls

Disclaimer

Do not have both ship and plane engines on at the same time unless you want the ship to be moving while you fly the plane. Turn off Ag1, then turn on Ag2 and vice versa. And make sure throttle is at 0% before turning off an Ag.

Credits

Plane belongs to Alex9000

End Notes

Well that's it for this build. I really enjoyed making this one. Definitely my favorite build to date. Thank you to whoever spotlights and upvotes

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 2701.7ft (823.5m)
  • Length 545.2ft (166.2m)
  • Height 113.6ft (34.6m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 30,531lbs (13,848kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.11
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.081
  • Wing Loading 105.2lbs/ft2 (513.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 290.3ft2 (27.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3437

Parts

  • Number of Parts 575
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,758