"Essex" class aircraft carrier
Used as balloon launch platform during Stratolab V manned balloon campaign for the navy in 1961.
Total number of launches done: 4
Used as balloon launch platform during Stratolab V manned balloon campaign for the navy in 1961.
Total number of launches done: 4
"Ticonderoga" class aircraft carrier
Used as balloon launch platform during the "HARDTACK" atomic test series in 1958.
Estimated number of launches done: 10
Used as balloon launch platform during the "HARDTACK" atomic test series in 1958.
Estimated number of launches done: 10
"Commencement Bay" class aircraft carrier
Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign in 1949.
Estimated number of launches done: 12.
Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign in 1949.
Estimated number of launches done: 12.
"Ticonderoga" class aircraft carrier
Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign performed in the Caribbean in 1960.
Total number of launches done: 8
Used as balloon launch platform during a campaign performed in the Caribbean in 1960.
Total number of launches done: 8
Other aircraft carriers that launched balloons to be included in StratoCat in the near future
USS Saipan (CVL-48)
USS Windham Bay (CVE-92)
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