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Show FACTS ABOUT NAVY V-l at B. A. C. Tliis is the Lust of the series oi articles featuring I.U'U about the various fighting ships of the U. S. Navy, designed to give the prospective pro-spective V-l enlbtee a bet'er idea of what the ships are l.ke. "Covered Wagons" The Navy's floating flying fields or "Covered Wagons", a.s they are called, are as speedy as the fastest cruisers, more than 900 feet in length, carry a- complement of a-bout a-bout 80 land planes and have heavily heav-ily armored decks and hulils as protection pro-tection against shells and bombs. Life for both officer and bluejacket bluejack-et aboard the carriers is more comfortable com-fortable than in any other type fighting ship of the fleet. The complement of men in the aircraft carrier is divided into two groups one crew mans the carrier and a separate aeronautical force mans the planes. Sailors on air craft carriers who are assigned to ft ' duty on the flight deck wear over- R alls and cloth helmets of different h colors red, yellow, blue, white and : 1 green depending on their special- jl Ized work. Flight officers can tell ' H at a glance, by these colors that the B correct man is doing the proper H work at the proper time. Other sea-, I men are assigned to duty in the ' t vast machine and repair .shops bo - jj low decks. i I Orders are given on a "bull horn" which magnifies commands so that they can be heard above ihs j roar of motors. Elevators raise and B lower planes from the flight deck n to the hangar deck; and in the e-normous e-normous half-acre hall below the flight deck, which is used for slor- j age of planes, ample space is avail- ! able for exercise and en'ertainment. Life on these carriers, named after H famous ships of the early duys la 9 the U. S. Navy and also after fa-, I mous American battles, is the top choice of officers interested in av-; E iatlon but holds less fascination for I the true salt-officer than life In . I the other combatant types of ships. B |