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>Westland Wasp
never was a helicopter more appropriately named

>it still had to be smol
because the knock-on effects of building a bigger hangar and landing pad for a bigger ship capable of operating a bigger helicopter ended up making ships much more expensive
"steel is cheap and air is free", well, that is until you factor in topweight, hydrodynamic impact on ideal hullforms, powerplants to drive the whole thing at the desired speeds...

>he Wildcat basically continues the focus on anti-surface and landing troops thing
helicopters just have amazing utility
no ship that omitted a hangar has ever not regretted it