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Workshop facilities on USN carrier ?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:49 pm
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
Used to be that any warship bigger than eg 'Light Cruiser' had 'respectable' workshop with eg 'big' mill/drill/lathe etc etc.
Do USN Nuclear flat-tops still have such ??
My google search became mired in more woo than hapless Amazon van...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz6e1ydj49eo
Re: Workshop facilities on USN carrier ?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 3:06 pm
by Nightwatch2
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:49 pm
Used to be that any warship bigger than eg 'Light Cruiser' had 'respectable' workshop with eg 'big' mill/drill/lathe etc etc.
Do USN Nuclear flat-tops still have such ??
My google search became mired in more woo than hapless Amazon van...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz6e1ydj49eo
Some, but mostly oriented to specific support for the embarked aircraft.
Edit: and some of the engineering.
Not a tender level but can handle most routine tasks.
Re: Workshop facilities on USN carrier ?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 3:15 pm
by kdahm
Re: Workshop facilities on USN carrier ?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:16 pm
by Craiglxviii
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:49 pm
Used to be that any warship bigger than eg 'Light Cruiser' had 'respectable' workshop with eg 'big' mill/drill/lathe etc etc.
Do USN Nuclear flat-tops still have such ??
My google search became mired in more woo than hapless Amazon van...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz6e1ydj49eo
In WW2 a destroyer would have its own workshop. I have a 1942 USN standard issue Atlas 6” centre height toolmaker’s lathe taken out of one in my garage!
