by tommy303 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:51 pm
Are you talking about the weather deck or the actual main deck, which was several levels down in the hull? If the weather deck, much of it was planked over with japanese cypress with caulking between the planks. This would have given a fairly smooth, even surface, such as you find on traditional sailing vessels. Other areas such as forward where the anchor chains and ground tackle ran across the decks from the windless', and the aft area around the aircraft recovery crane, the steel deck plating was given an anti slip cross hatch pattern. I seem to recall that there were work areas around the aircraft catapults and the aircraft trackways that were asphalt laid upon the steel decking. Finally there were some areas along each side near the safety rails that had linoleum fastened with bronze clips, if memory serves me correctly. These were light coloured so as to give bridge officers a sense of the outline of the ship at night when navigating.
Are you talking about the weather deck or the actual main deck, which was several levels down in the hull? If the weather deck, much of it was planked over with japanese cypress with caulking between the planks. This would have given a fairly smooth, even surface, such as you find on traditional sailing vessels. Other areas such as forward where the anchor chains and ground tackle ran across the decks from the windless', and the aft area around the aircraft recovery crane, the steel deck plating was given an anti slip cross hatch pattern. I seem to recall that there were work areas around the aircraft catapults and the aircraft trackways that were asphalt laid upon the steel decking. Finally there were some areas along each side near the safety rails that had linoleum fastened with bronze clips, if memory serves me correctly. These were light coloured so as to give bridge officers a sense of the outline of the ship at night when navigating.
