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Show Carriers Belie Their Clumsy Appearance An aircraft carrier is a noble thing. It lacks almost everything that seems to denote nobility, yet deep nobility is there. A carrier has no poise. It has no grace. It is top-heavy and lopsided. lop-sided. It has the lines of a well-fed cow. It doesn't cut through the water like a cruiser, knifing romantically long. It doesn't dance and cavort like a destroyer. It just plows. Yot feel it should be carrying a hod, rather than wearing a red sash. Yet a carrier is a ferocious thing, and out of its heritage of action has grown its nobility. I believe that today to-day every navy in the world has ai its No. 1 priority, the destruction o: enemy carriers. That's a preeariou; honor indeed, but it's a mightj proud one. |