Starboard aircraft elevators allowed for easy stowage and deployment of these aircraft from the sizable hangar located below the deck. The vessel employed a CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) system for launching and recovering navalized fighter jets. 1.2 Life alongside the Brotherhood of Steelīefore the war, the ship that ultimately became Rivet City was a massive aircraft carrier, placed in dry-dock at the Washington Naval Yard.
