Originally Posted by
911slf
Is the height of the deck above water not called "freeboard"? Wikipedia says the beam of this class is 134 feet.
I believe "flight deck height" would be a better term to use than "freeboard" when referring to an aircraft carriers flight deck. Happy to be corrected. Freeboard could be lower, as in the hangar deck. Some aircraft carriers such as the Midway's and some WWII era carriers had notoriously low freeboards, and were known as wet ships.
I imagine recovery will be a priority. US Navy SUP Salvage has had some interesting recent recoveries.