Why are aircraft carrier decks angled?
In respect to this, why did Aircraft carriers have wooden decks?
By the time of the Midway class carriers Americans chose to armour their flight decks which did cause them to be top heavy. American carriers, which had to to operate over the vast expanse of the Pacific, required a wooden flight deck to: a) save weight, and b) carry more aircraft.
Furthermore, why are some aircraft carriers curved? In aviation, a ski-jump is an upward-curved ramp that allows aircraft to take off from a runway that is shorter than the aircraft's required takeoff roll. Ski-jumps are commonly used to launch airplanes from aircraft carriers that lack catapults.
Also know, what was the first angled deck aircraft carrier?
USS Antietam
What is the deck of an aircraft carrier made of?
Armoured flight deck. An armoured flight deck is an aircraft carrier flight deck that incorporates substantial armour in its design. Comparison is often made between the carrier designs of the Royal Navy (RN) and the United States Navy (USN).