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To: Mike M2 who wrote (15012)	2/2/2009 6:22:41 PM
From: Webster Groves	Respond to of 50342

OT I didn't claim 7 aircraft carriers and 4 cruisers were built in 1940, only that the contracts were let, and so industry geared up. Production follows decisions, design, contract award, and labor build-up. The results in this case are the Essex class carriers: ehistory.osu.edu It takes 18 months to build a carrier once the keel is laid. Designs were started in 1939, contracts for 7 let in 1940, and the USS Essex (first of her namesake class) was commissioned on Dec. 31, 1942. naval-history.suite101.com Had Roosevelt not given the go-ahead in 1939 and instead waited for the war to "start', no new carriers would have been built in time (not counting existing Lexington class) and the US probably would have lost the Pacific war. The US had only a few carriers at the time of the battle of Midway (June, 1942), but after Midway the US had the carrier advantage with the arrival of these new ships. Aircraft require less foresight, as they can be built in a month, and aircraft are of no use if there is no place to put them. wg