USS Coral Sea CVA-43 Aircraft Carrier Model. Sail again on the USS Coral Sea CVA-43. TheUSS Coral Sea CVA-43 Aircraft Carrier Model is the perfect addition to your home or office. It’s handcrafted from Mahogany and will look great on any shelf, desk, or mantlepiece. Length – 24 inches. US Veteran Owned Business. The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger. She earned the affectionate nickname “Ageless Warrior” through her long career. She was reclassified as a “Large Aircraft Carrier” with hull classification symbol CVB-43 on 15 July 1943. Her keel was laid down on 10 July 1944. She was launched on 2 April 1946 sponsored by Mrs. Kinkaid and commissioned on 1 October 1947 with Captain A. Storrs III in command. Before 8 May 1945, the aircraft carrier CVB-42 had been known as USS Coral Sea; after that date, CVB-42 was renamed in honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the late President, and CVB-43 was named Coral Sea. Coral Sea was one of the last U. S Navy carriers to be completed with a straight flight deck, with an angled flight deck added on during later modernizations. (One Essex-class aircraft carrier class carrier, Oriskany was left unfinished at the end of World War II and completed in modified form but still with a straight flight deck during the Korean War).