Midway Class Aircraft Carrier

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Midway Class Aircraft Carrier
CV-MIDWAY-HBG-P
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Ship of Class*

Deck Insignia - US Carriers*

USN Aircraft 1

USN Aircraft 2

Damage Marker
$29.99 inc. tax

$29.99 ex. tax
? Tax based on California, United States.

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Midway Class Aircraft Carrier Summary

This is a 3D printed sculpt of the USS Midway Class Aircraft Carrier by HBG.

An alternative to out of the box Axis and Allies pieces, 3D print opens a new world of customized pieces, where basically any historical ship can be obtained. We use 3D printed game pieces regularly to enhance the realism of our fleet and also to use as equipment upgrade paths during the game.

This 3D design offers exceptional detail and combined with our custom painting and decal graphics, makes this ship simply one of the finest 3D printed game pieces available. It is guaranteed to become one of the most prized pieces in your collection.

The Midway class aircraft carriers were the final US carriers produced during WW2 and were intended to operate in the Pacific. The first two ships were commissioned about the time of the Japanese surrender.

The design was originally conceived in 1940 and was to include an armored flight deck. As the designed progressed through the war years, it was heavily influenced by the experience of the Royal Navy's armored carriers.

The extra armor protection was expected to reduce the aircraft capacity by 40%, but after some creative design changes and extensive arc-welding which reduced weight by 10%, an Essex-class equivalent capacity of 90-100 aircraft could be achieved. Ultimately, the final design produced a very large ship, with the ability to accommodate more planes than any other carrier (30–40 more aircraft than the Essex class).

Airwing size was important. US planners found during war games that the larger the carrier airwing, the more likely the ship was to survive in combat - a salient characteristic no other navy learned. The Midway continued the design trend of ever larger capacity.

While the resulting ships featured excellent protection and unprecedented airwing size, they also had several undesirable characteristics. Internally, the ships were very cramped and crowded. Freeboard was unusually low for such large carriers and would take on large amounts of water in rough seas. The ships corkscrewed in a manner that hampered landing operations. And due to the wide beam the Midway-class carriers could not pass through the Panama Canal.

The basic design, with many of its flaws resolved in various upgrades, was good enough that two ships of this class were in operational service for over 40 years. The Midway is now a museum ship and is the most visited ship in the world.

Ships of Class:

CV-41 Midway
CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt
CV-43 Coral Sea

Note: Sculpts of this class are identical.

Each carrier comes with a unique, historically accurate flight deck decal and two strong neodymium rare earth magnets to hold two aircraft. Optionally load your carrier with matching magnetized aircraft. Never have your airwing fall off a carrier again!