Marine by Tom Clancy

Author:Tom Clancy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780613627986
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 1995-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

Top deck view of the USS Wasp (LHD-1).

JACK RYAN ENTERPRISES, LTD., BY LAURA ALPHER

As you exit the island onto the flight deck, there is the feeling of leaving a huge cave and breaking into daylight and fresh air. Covered with a non-skid coating and dotted with aircraft tie-down points, the flight deck is the LHD’s primary reason for existence. At 844 ft/257.25 m long and 107 ft/32.6 m wide, it defines the ship’s largest dimensions. It is also the most dangerous place on the ship. You have probably seen film footage of flight operations on a big-decked supercarrier. It is a hot, noisy, hazardous place to work, filled with things that can kill you. Jets and helicopters loaded with fuel, weapons, and men race around the deck like crazed banshees. Well, the deck of the Wasp is all of that and much more. For one thing, it is smaller (about one third the size), and most of the weapons aboard the aircraft are armed Marines, loaded with gear that can get loose and be sucked into a turbine engine. Though they make for some difficulties, those Marines are the reason why Wasp and her sisters were built.

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