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Interrupted engine production constrained later light fleet carriers

Disrupted engine production helps explain the machinery choices made for later light fleet carriers.

Question

How much did the pause affect naval engine production?

Short answer

Substantially, particularly for the later light fleet carriers, whose cruiser-derived machinery is linked to the disrupted engine program.

Notes

The pause affected engine production as well as ship construction. Its consequences were particularly serious for the later light fleet carriers. Their use of cruiser-derived machinery is linked here to the disruption in supplying engines.