== carrier history  zaprdude@optonline.net  I am electronics technician, not a linguist-what a struggle for me! == 

  

  While stationed on CV11 from June 1954 to Nov1956,I witnessed the testing of steam catapults of British design while docked at Portsmouth  Naval Shipyard during summer 1954. The installation was successful ,launching dead loads  
   of up to ,I believe,100,000 lbs. Protrusions were built to catch the launching cables,and later removed.