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The '''PGT Torres''' is the flagship of the [[Puertego|Puertegan]] Grand Navy and the country's first and currently only {{wp|Aircraft carrier|aircraft carrier}}. It was designed and constructed by [[O’Shea Container Shipping]] rapidly off the partial keel '[[Estia-class carrier|Estia F2H2]]', which would have been sold to [[Faneria]] as''Barefield'' upon completion, after the contract for the ship was dropped due to an international scandal surrounding the purchase. During the 1960s and 1970s, the [[Occidental Cold War]] meant that most other great powers were uninterested in using dockyards capable of building capital ships to fill foreign orders, leading the government of Puertego to jump to offer payment for a heavily altered version of the older [[Faramount-class carrier]], which at that point on construction only required the keel to be shortened before construction continued. O'Shea accepted to avoid the financial loss of cancellation after the government of [[Burgundie]] declined to purchase an additional carrier citing budget planning. | The '''PGT Torres''' is the flagship of the [[Puertego|Puertegan]] Grand Navy and the country's first and currently only {{wp|Aircraft carrier|aircraft carrier}}. It was designed and constructed by [[O’Shea Container Shipping]] rapidly off the partial keel '[[Estia-class carrier|Estia F2H2]]', which would have been sold to [[Faneria]] as ''Barefield'' upon completion, after the contract for the ship was dropped due to an international scandal surrounding the purchase. During the 1960s and 1970s, the [[Occidental Cold War]] meant that most other great powers were uninterested in using dockyards capable of building capital ships to fill foreign orders, leading the government of Puertego to jump to offer payment for a heavily altered version of the older [[Faramount-class carrier]], which at that point on construction only required the keel to be shortened before construction continued. O'Shea accepted to avoid the financial loss of cancellation after the government of [[Burgundie]] declined to purchase an additional carrier citing budget planning. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
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* In 1989, a fighter plane slipped off the side of the launch ramp during takeoff. The pilot ejected into the water and was run over, and the bow suffered some damage requiring repairs. | * In 1989, a fighter plane slipped off the side of the launch ramp during takeoff. The pilot ejected into the water and was run over, and the bow suffered some damage requiring repairs. | ||
* In 1990, news stories on incidents aboard navy vessels were outlawed by the Puertegan government. | * In 1990, news stories on incidents aboard navy vessels were outlawed by the Puertegan government. | ||
* In 2007, a team of [[Urcea|Urcean]] reporters running a story on aircraft carriers were killed when their transport helicopter hit the | * In 2007, a team of [[Urcea|Urcean]] reporters running a story on aircraft carriers were killed when their transport helicopter hit the edge of the flight deck and tipped over. The ship spent time in a dock in [[Cartadania]] undergoing repairs, as the facility originally used to maintain the ''Torres'' was demolished due to cost in 1998. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[ | * [[Faramount-class carrier]] | ||
* [[Gloria Santidomingo-class carrier]] | * [[Gloria Santidomingo-class carrier]] | ||
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