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Navy to Build Giant New Carrier in Atomic Era
Washington reports plan for a 65 000 ton 6 A class flush deck carrier, nearly a quarter mile long and 130 to 150 feet wide, able to launch twenty 100 pound bombs, with jets and rockets, four ships in initial program, cost about 124 million dollars, keel possibly at Newport News, and a shift toward airborne fleet power amid debates on land base versus sea based bombers.
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