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Oh dang the thread title is ackward, doesn't matter.

So what did NATO have for carriers ? USN, RN, MN. Your challenge: max out the output of these three to get NATO a max of CATOBAR carriers by 1975-80.

Basic stuff

USN
- 24 Essex
- 3 Midway
- Supercarriers from Forrestal to Nimitz
- Zumwalt cheaper carriers: CVV (55000 tons), VSS (22 000 tons), SCS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSTOL_Support_Ship

RN
- Centaurs
- Audacious
- 1952 carrier
- 1954 Medium Fleet Carrier
- 1960 a SANER CVA-01

MN
- Clemenceau class
- PA.58 Verdun (= 45000 tons non nuclear CdG by 1965)
- PA.75 / Richelieu / CdG from 1980

While the USN is firmly committed to 60 000 tons + supercarriers (for excellent reasons) the deal is to use Essex, Centaurs, Clemenceaus, Audacious, VSS and CVV or something else to get more decks across more navies, to the benefit of NATO.
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