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Posted by Craig Bennett on September 10, 2019, 12:53:28, in reply to "Re: Pre WW2 USN carrier letters on flight deck."
Your confirming what I suspected about the Langley . As to the Long Island CVE-1 .Well it dawned on me after I submitted the question the Long Island wasn't listed, so figured maybe some one else will bring it up.You did.Thanks .
Terrible of me isn't it. Oh no! Earthquakes and bolts of lighting are striking! Just kidding
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Craig 
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Langley never used letters to the best of my knowledge.
Wasp used WASP
Hornet used HNT in a blue/gray color as far as I can tell from black and white photos, and only for a very short time. So short in fact that I doubt if she ever put to sea with them on. There is a picture of the HNT from, I believe Life magazine.
The one you did miss that used letters, again for a very short time was Long Island that used LI Previous Message
Got a question here . With the Langley kit coming out I wondered what letters of the ship's name were used on the flight deck. Can any one help me fill out the blanks.
Langley CV-1 - ?
Lexington CV-2 - LEX
Saragota CV-3 - SARA
Ranger CV-4 - RNGR
Yorktown CV-5 - YKTN
Enterprise CV-6 - EN
Wasp CV-7 ?
Hornet CV-8 ?
Craig
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