During wartime this deck stored as many as 60 aircraft. Maintenance, refueling and rearming of these aircraft took place here. Unchanged in size since WWII, the hangar deck measures 654 feet by 70 feet, is 17.5 feet high, and covers 40,000 square feet.
The deck is divided into three bays that could be sealed off by electrically operated fire doors. Each bay contains its own conflagration (CONFLAG) station for damage control.
Don't Miss:
- The NEW Virtual Battle Stations Exhibit
- Peacoat Memorial Exhibit
- Aviation Trainers/Simulators
- Photo Ops
- Visual Communications Exhibits
- Ship's Bell
- WWII Aircraft
- Engine Exhibits
- Fantail
- 4 December 1943 Torpedo Memorial Exhibit
- Missiles
- Quarterdeck: Location of 1st Aid Station
- Joe Jessel MEGA Theater - A large format theater featuring a three-story-tall screen and thundering digital sound. Two hit movies show daily.
- Aircraft - Among the warbirds on display is an original Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. The Avenger was the Navy's standard and most effective torpedo bomber in WWII.
- Flight Simulator - You'll be launched into battle and destroy Iraqi tanks and Scud missile launchers in this heart-stopping adventure.
- The Mess Deck
- Ship's Store
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