i’m not a boat expert, but i think it’s a boarding dock. i remember getting one of those time for kids magazines during the iraq war showing marines launching amphibious tanks and trucks out of the side of an aircraft carrier in a space that looked a lot like that one. like, if you zoom in, it looks like the bottom half (ish) has a big lip keeping the water out
looks like some kind of panel missing near the rear? maybe hit by a missile?
the wake in the water shows a clear 180 degree turn, but deff not running away m I right lol
this is a PR photo issued by the navy that they have taken for all their ships, it isn’t contemporary of it literally turning around
Hilarious self posted L then since that’s what it looks like
That’s just the port side elevator between the flight deck and the hangar deck.
i’m not a boat expert, but i think it’s a boarding dock. i remember getting one of those time for kids magazines during the iraq war showing marines launching amphibious tanks and trucks out of the side of an aircraft carrier in a space that looked a lot like that one. like, if you zoom in, it looks like the bottom half (ish) has a big lip keeping the water out