Talk:Casablanca-class escort carrier

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Engines

The claim about the Casablanca class being exceptional in not having steam turbines is false and misleading. I don,t have a reference volume on hand so I won,t make the change myself, but I remmeber quite well that Many classes of US Destroyers were fitted with advanced diesel engnes instead of steam turbines. The german Navy had diesel engines in much bigger ships than Destroyers. At the other end of tech advance, several ships still had "old" style (but recently built) reciprocating engines instead of steam turbines. For instance, Canada's Navy during WWII was made up mostly of newly built corvettes fitted with reciprocating steam engines. --AlainV (talk) 23:18, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

USS Oklahoma for one was built after HMS Dreadnought with reciprocating engines. I am revising this statement.

Unlike virtually every other warship since HMS Dreadnought, the Casablanca class ships were equipped with uniflow reciprocating engines instead of turbine engines. Tirronan (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No US Destroyer had diesels but some classes of destroyer escort did. Brooksindy (talk) 14:41, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reply.

Casablanca-class ships were equipped with uniflow reciprocating engines instead of steam turbines. This was done because of bottlenecks in the gear-cutting industry, but greatly limited their usefulness after the war. This is the current quote. Should be Ok, as it does not have your wording. Telecine Guy (talk) 04:14, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Losses

Why does the loss list include a ship that wasn’t lost? Brooksindy (talk) 14:42, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would be nice if you listed the ship. Telecine Guy (talk) 04:08, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Number built

"Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of less than two years – 3 November 1942 through to 8 July 1944. These were nearly one third of the 143 aircraft carriers built in the United States during the war." Isn't 50 more than a third of 143? GNillePuh (talk) 14:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RS links for later

Just a place to collect WP:RS links for possible use later

• Local memorial to Kaiser shipyards from The Columbian, https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/feb/19/memorial-tower-recalls-kaiser-shipyard-which-changed-vancouver-forever/, 19 February 2023. Rorybowman (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]