boat crane

A new helicopter deck and boat cranes were also added.

In addition she lost her torpedo tubes, anti-submarine weapons, boat cranes and all remaining aircraft equipment.

All anti-submarine weapons, torpedo launchers, aircraft equipment and boat cranes were removed.

This did not leave enough room for a derrick, as was used on Marat, so two large boat cranes were mounted on each side of the mainmast.

The masts and their fighting tops were replaced by light pole masts and light booms replaced the heavy boat cranes to save weight.

This did not leave enough room for a derrick, as was fitted in Marat, and two large booms were fitted to handle aircraft while the existing boat cranes remained in place.

It was the determined intervention of the Harbor Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to save yachting in the bay, which led to the state - "at its own expense" - to deepen the channel leading to the boat cranes.