Talk:Merchant aircraft carrier

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Fighters on MAC ships ? The only references I have been able to find show them as having Stringbags and nothing else.

It is probably mixed with escort carriers or CAM-ships. In my opinion, should be Swordfishes only. Pibwl 22:04, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

What are AB seamen??? Jaberwocky6669 07:26, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

Able-bodied seamen. ➥the Epopt 02:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

AB doesn't stand for Able Bodied. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Seaman:

Able-bodied Seaman

Some modern references claim that AB stands for able-bodied seaman as well as, or instead of able seaman. In ships' muster books or articles, able seaman was originally entered using the abbreviation AB instead of the more obvious AS, likely to avoid confusion with ordinary seaman (OS). Later the abbreviation began to be written as A.B., leading to the back formation able-bodied seaman. In legal documents, in seaman's papers, and aboard ship the correct term able seaman remains in use.

AB doesn't stand for Able Bodied. It's a common myth. It means "able", abbreviated as above. Also, MAC ships, to my knowledge, didn't carry Hurrys, just TSRs (Stringbags, Swordfish). The CAM (Catapult-Armed Merchant) ships operated obsolete or worn out Hurricanes.

On another note, are there no pix of the MAC ships before (or after) conversion? And, a historical note, I understand (from Middlebrook's Convoy, I think) the idea for converting bulk grain carriers or tankers to merchant carriers sat on the shelf for over a year before McAlpine was taken in hand. Can anybody confirm? Trekphiler 07:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)