The E-1's last cruise took place aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Midway-class carrier designed around the aircraft generation of the Second World War. That pairing shows how a carrier can cross technological eras and operate capabilities its original designers could scarcely have imagined. Such adaptability depends on deck, lift, hangar, and aircraft compatibility. The ship's age alone says little about the air group it can support.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt shows how carriers absorbed new air power
Tracer's final cruise aboard the Midway-class Franklin D. Roosevelt illustrates the long adaptability of a carrier conceived during World War II.