Port and starboard elevators serve the waist catapults and recovery flow, while forward elevators feed the bow catapults. Their placement supports several aircraft movements at once across the angled deck. The arrangement shows how thoroughly aviation efficiency dominates the design, influencing crew accommodation and the placement of last-ditch defensive weapons. The useful cutaway’s original provenance is uncertain, so it can illuminate the layout without serving as an independently documented official plan.
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Elevator placement sustains simultaneous flight-deck flows
The arrangement of elevators, catapults, and the angled deck keeps aircraft moving between hangar, launch, and recovery paths.